History Characters / StevenUniverseCrystalGems

* TheTeam: Several formations that we see over the course of the series.
** Post-War:
*** TheLeader: Rose Quartz, the commander of the renegade Crystal Gem faction.
*** TheLancer: Pearl, her first recruit and most devout follower
*** TheBigGuy: Garnet, a powerhouse stoic fusion
*** TagalongKid: Amethyst, the youngest Gem, born on Earth after the end of the war who they tried to raise as a free spirit without the stigma of Gem culture.
** Post-Steven:
*** TheLeader: Garnet, a calm-headed powerful warrior, and wise strategist due to her future vision.
*** TheLancer: Pearl, Garnet's responsible NumberTwo.
*** TheBigGuy: BigFun Amethyst, the most reckless and eager to fight.
*** TheHeart: Steven, who they all vow to protect in honor of Rose Quartz, and who begins to truly endear them to humanity.
** As of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited "Reunited"]]:
*** MagneticHero: Steven, the one that keeps the team together, and the most powerful.
*** TheLeader: Garnet, who commands the team proper.
*** ProperLady: Pearl, still practical and orderly and increasingly reasonable after being able to tell her long-hidden secrets.
*** PluckyComicRelief: Amethyst, the most down-to-earth and likely to goof off.
*** TheSmartGuy: Peridot, who knows all kinds of information about Era 2 Homeworld technology and culture that the other Gems missed out on after living on Earth for so long.
*** TheBigGuy: Bismuth, physically the largest, equal parts blacksmith and weapons specialist.
*** IneffectualLoner: Lapis, who finally comes around after being in and out of the team at various points working out her own issues.
*** TheHeart: Connie, a BadassBookworm who is the hero's good natured, supportive best friend and keeps him grounded despite all the magic.
*** PowerUpMount: Lion, who comes and goes at his own whim and provides the team with additional support in battle, transportation through portals, and storage with the PocketDimension in his mane.
*** TeamPet: Pumpkin, a living doglike gourd, and Cat Steven, a one eyed cat. And Lion above as well.
*** HonoraryTrueCompanion: TeamDad Greg Universe, Steven's father and a compassionate human who can only lend his charm.

* {{The Exile}}s: Of a sort. The Crystal Gems defected from their kin, even if it meant they could never return to their home. Garnet chose to defect, as Earth is the only place that would allow her to exist as a fusion, while Pearl was utterly dedicated to Rose Quartz. Amethyst was not born until after the war.

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[[folder:Ruby and Sapphire]]
Two Gems deeply in love with each other. Together, they form the fusion that is Garnet.

!!Both
* AmnesiacLover: In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'', [[spoiler:Ruby and Sapphire lose their memories after they're hit with the Rejuvenator. Still, it takes them less than a day to fall in love all over again and re-fuse into Garnet.]]
* BattleCouple: They always fight together while fused as Garnet who is the embodiment of their passionate love.
* BerserkButton: Because they spend so much time as Garnet, fusion is a ''very'' personal matter to Ruby and Sapphire. Their anger at Pearl for tricking Garnet into fusing with her causes them to unfuse as Ruby doesn't want to forgive Pearl while Sapphire thinks they should, even though [[TranquilFury she's still just as furious on the inside]].
-->'''Sapphire:''' You're choosing to take it personally.\\
'''Ruby:''' IT'S ''FUSION'', SAPPHIRE!! WHAT'S MORE PERSONAL TO US THAN ''FUSION?!?''
* CommonLawMarriage: Ruby and Sapphire shared a committed, monogamous love for [[EternalLove over five millennia]] (pretty long [[TimeDissonance even by gem standards]]), but weren't married as this is a concept foreign to gems. [[spoiler:On Steven's suggestion, they hold a wedding as a way to commemorate their relationship even when they're apart from each other.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: Both spend most of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E5HitTheDiamond "Hit the Diamond"]] doing terribly at the baseball game because they're focusing on how cute the other is rather than the job at hand. Sapphire, who can ''literally foresee where a baseball will come from'', cannot successfully hit it for most of the episode because she's busy flirting with the catcher Ruby.
* TheDividual: The Syndividual type. Although their personalities and appearances are very different, Ruby and Sapphire have spent a long, ''long'' time fused into a single being, and their first priority when separated is to find each other again. This is explored in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E21TheQuestion "The Question"]], when Garnet breaks apart due to Sapphire's shock at Rose Quartz's greatest secret. Ruby goes off to do a bit of soul searching, reasoning she'd spent so long as Garnet she didn't really know who ''she'' was. It doesn't take her long to discover she likes being Ruby, but loves being with Sapphire. [[spoiler:Her and Steven's solution is for her and Sapphire to get married, with the implication they might unfuse more often but still be together symbolically.]]
* ElementalHairColors: Granted, it applies to their entire bodies, but the redhead Ruby can produce fire and the light blue-haired Sapphire can produce ice.
* EternalLove: Ruby and Sapphire have been in a stable, loving relationship for ''5,750'' years.[[note]]And 8 months.[[/note]] And they're just as in love as the first day they met.
* FireIceDuo: Ruby (fire) and Sapphire (ice) have [[RedOniBlueOni contrasting color schemes and personalities]] [[ElementalPersonalities that match their respective elements]], and [[OppositesAttract are also lovers]].
* {{Foil}}: To each other. Ruby is hot-headed and emotional, and it's implied that she constantly hurts herself trying to get out of her cell in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E49JailBreak "Jail Break"]]. Sapphire is calm and collected and simply sings to calm Ruby down. They're also red and blue respectively. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]] further exemplifies this; both are angry enough with Pearl that they're suffering from PowerIncontinence, but Sapphire is already prepared to forgive Pearl for tricking them, while Ruby is literally fuming with rage over it. The reason being that Ruby gets so emotional that she's essentially stuck in the present, only thinking about how mad she is rather than any actual solutions. Sapphire, on the other hand, focuses too much on the future where the problem has already been solved and didn't notice the emotional strain that exists before the actual resolution. They even are this power-wise. Ruby has fire powers and SuperStrength whereas Sapphire has ice powers and SuperSpeed. Even their designed places in the Gem caste system are opposites, Ruby is a RedShirt, Sapphire is a BlueBlood.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Ruby and Sapphire defuse for three episodes straight to help [[spoiler:infiltrate the Zoo]].
* HeelFaceTurn: They were originally part of Blue Diamond's court and helped fighting off the then newly-born Gem Resistance, but fled after they accidentally fused into a Garnet, and officially joined the other side after they met Rose again.
* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: A DiscountLesbians example. Ruby is HotBlooded and wears martial arts-inspired clothes in contrast to Sapphire who is ladylike and dresses like a princess. Ironically, [[spoiler: during their wedding Ruby dons a dress and Sapphire a suit]].
* OfficialCouple: They're in a explicit romantic relationship [[spoiler:and later, hold a wedding ceremony to reaffirm their eternal love for each other, so they consider themselves married now]].
* OneTrueLove: Garnet is such a perfect, stable fusion because Ruby and Sapphire are an ideal couple deeply in love even after thousands of years of being together. They're so perfect for each other that their fusion happens very naturally (even by accident sometimes) as if it's their fate to be one with each other.
* OppositesAttract: Ruby and Sapphire are each other's complete opposite in personality, color, and elemental affinity. They're still completely devoted to each other and their differences make up for what the other lacks, creating the perfectly stable RomanticFusion that is Garnet.
* RedOniBlueOni: Ruby is the Red Oni to Sapphire is the Blue Oni. Ruby's passion and concern helps Sapphire to stay in the present instead of peering into the future when the matters have been resolved and thus grow distant and complacent. In return, Sapphire happens to be one of the few people that can keep Ruby cool and collected when the two aren't in conflict with each other.
* RescueRomance: Ruby saved Sapphire from being poofed by Rose Quartz, accidentally causing them to fuse into Garnet for the first time. Afterwards, Blue Diamond wanted to have Ruby shattered for said fusion, but Sapphire wouldn't allow that and ran away with Ruby to save her from her punishment. As they wandered on Earth together, they soon fell in love and decided to stay fused forever. [[spoiler:After they are reset in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'' and lose all their memories, an attempt by Steven, Peridot, Lapis, and Bismuth to recreate this scenario ends with the two of them swapping roles, with Sapphire being the one to save Ruby from almost being shattered and the two once again fusing into Garnet as a result.]]
* SickeninglySweethearts: When they're not a single being or fighting, they can't stop flirting and making kissy faces at each other. Witness when they're making up in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]] and Steven covers his eyes so as not to witness the incredible sappiness. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E5HitTheDiamond "Hit the Diamond"]], they're flirting so heavily that they can't focus on the game at all.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Ruby and Sapphire never had eyes for anyone but each other.
* TwirlOfLove: Ruby and Sapphire love each other and being fused so much that they don't even ''need'' to do an elaborate dance, they just twirl and the fusion happens naturally.
* UptownGirl: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]] reveals that Sapphire was an aristocratic BlueBlood, while Ruby was a common low level soldier. Both fell in love while Ruby was working as Sapphire's bodyguard.
* WalkingSpoiler: Their existence reveals Garnet is a fusion, though after Season 1, it's a LateArrivalSpoiler.

!!Ruby
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CharlyneYi\\\
''"I am an eternal flame, baby!"''

A small, red Gem that is always Fused with Sapphire. Described by the creators as "someone who cares a lot", she often lets her anger and frustration get the best of her, and so is complemented well by her more reserved partner Sapphire.

* AfroAsskicker: She was built to be a foot soldier, and her hair looks like a square 'fro.
* {{Angrish}}: Frequently and with gusto.
* BadLiar: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E5HitTheDiamond "Hit the Diamond"]] confirms that about the only person in the history of fiction she's a better liar than is ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. She does get away with it, but mostly because the people she's lying to are bungling morons who quite literally cannot count past six.
* BodyguardCrush: Originally, she was one of three Rubies assigned to the "rare aristocratic Gem, Sapphire". She never expected said Sapphire would become her girlfriend for the next millennia.
* BoyishShortHair: Her short hair contrasts with Sapphire's LongHairIsFeminine.
* BrokenTears: She breaks down in tears when [[spoiler:Sapphire denounces their relationship as being based on one of Rose's lies and leaves]].
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E11KeepingItTogether "Keeping It Together"]] had Garnet's red-colored eye openly crying at the sight of the fusion experiment monster and during the ensuing dialogue between Ruby and Sapphire, Ruby's outrage seems to stem from being unable to save her former allies from this fate. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]], when it seems like [[UnstoppableRage nothing will calm Ruby down]], she stops ''dead in her tracks'' when Steven asks if her and Sapphire arguing is his fault.
* BurningWithAnger: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]], her anger over the events of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E14CryForHelp "Cry for Help"]] get her so mad that she causes an entire pool to evaporate with her heat powers while standing in it.
* ButchLesbian: A {{Discount Lesbian|s}} with a masculine design, albeit a cute and diminutive one.
* CharacterTics: Whenever Ruby feels agitated, panicked, and/or angry, she places both of her hands on the side of her head.
* ComicalAngryFace: Makes several of them in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]] while furious over Pearl's betrayal, complete with bugged-out eyes and clenched teeth while she's shaking a diner table.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror:
** Downplayed heavily, but still implied in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]], in which she states that she doesn't care if she dies, due to there already being a ton of other Rubies. Though this belief may have changed over time.
** It's implied that she has a bit of this mentality left over in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E49JailBreak "Jail Break"]], where she openly considers her own well-being as unimportant compared to Sapphire's.
* DumbMuscle: Ruby thinks of herself as this, since that's what Rubies are made to be. But while it's true that she has her fair share of dumb moments, such as ComicallyMissingThePoint of making {{Suspiciously Specific Denial}}s because she's just a BadLiar, she's by far the most levelheaded, intelligent and rational Ruby we see on the show. Even early on when she just viewed herself as [[ExpendableClone one Ruby among many]] she was clearly the [[OnlySaneWoman Only Sane Gem]] among Sapphire's bodyguards. Her problem is not so much that she's stupid, she's just very impulsive and bad at thinking ahead.
* DuplicateDivergence: Ruby started out so utterly identical to other Rubies that when she fused with them, she barely noticed because she still had exactly the same mind and personality -- like herself "but bigger". After meeting Sapphire, she chooses to stay fused with her as Garnet to be part of a unique being instead of just another Ruby.
* ElementalPersonalities: She's the classic hot-head with fire powers.
* ExpendableClone: Initially considered herself to be essentially this, as seen in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]].
-->'''Sapphire:''' They were gonna break you!\\
'''Ruby:''' Who cares? There's ''tons'' of me!
** It's implied that she may still think of herself this way to a certain extent. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E49JailBreak "Jail Break"]], she responds with a "Who cares?!" when Sapphire asks if she's hurt. [[spoiler:Another example is in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E12GemHeist "Gem Heist"]], where she rants angrily about why she hates Blue Diamond: she hates fusion and love and tried to punish Sapphire. Notably, Ruby never brings up that Blue Diamond tried to kill ''her''.]]
* {{Expy}}: Design-wise, of [[WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes K.O.]] during his series' conceptualization, per WordOfGod, on [[https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/894737129095475200 the Cartoon Network Twitter]]. [[invoked]]
* FatalFlaw: Ruby is so emotional that she can get caught up in her own feelings when there is a problem and be unwilling or unable to move past her feelings to work on a solution.
* FieryRedhead: Ruby is the "fury" according to "Stronger Than You", and her hair has a reddish tint.
* FireIsMasculine: Ruby is one of the more masculine gems in the series; she has BoyishShortHair, a sporty outfit, and an aggressive temper. She also has the ability to heat up the room and set things on fire, [[PsychoactivePowers especially when she's angry. Contrast this with her more stoic and feminine partner, Sapphire, who has ice powers.]]
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Much like Pearl, our Ruby was born and bred to be just another expendable, inconsequential member of her class. Most of her early interactions with Sapphire in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]] reflect this -- she's genuinely confused that Sapphire cares about her as a person, because there are tons more like her. While this is also evident to an extent with Sapphire, for Ruby especially becoming Garnet reflected becoming more than what she was expected to be -- and in the current day, she seems much better adjusted than Pearl was despite starting with the same issues.
* HeroicBuild: Her stocky design makes her look quite muscular (especially if you compare her side by side with Sapphire).
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: She puts Sapphire in much higher regard than herself and often lets herself be blamed for things. Sapphire is not happy when she does this, though.
** From [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E49JailBreak "Jail Break"]]:
--->'''Ruby:''' Are you okay? Did they hurt you?\\
'''Sapphire:''' No. Did they hurt you?\\
'''Ruby:''' Who cares?!\\
'''Sapphire:''' I do!
** From [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]]:
--->'''Ruby:''' Sapphire... No, no no no no no no no! This is all my fault! I-I didn't want to look for a solution, I-I just wanted to be mad! Y-You're right! You're always right! I was being stupid!\\
'''Sapphire:''' I don't think you're stupid!
* HiddenDepths: If [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FsELnENMrE this bumper]] is considered canon, Ruby is enthusiastic about abstract painting.
* HotBlooded: She feels all her emotions intensely. When she gets mad, she gets ''furious'', and when she's upset, she's ''horrified''.
* ImmortalImmaturity: She's six thousand years old and is still prone to throwing violent tantrums when she gets really mad. As of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]], she seems to be working on it, as she handles the reveal that [[spoiler:Rose Quartz was Pink Diamond all along]] in a much calmer fashion than Sapphire.%%End of an Era
* ImmuneToFate: Apparently she's so spontaneous that Sapphire can't reliably predict her actions with future vision.
* ImprobableHairstyle: Like Garnet, Ruby has a ''square'' afro.
* InkSuitActor: Rebecca Sugar incorporated a lot of [[http://stevencrewniverse.tumblr.com/post/124211063877 Charlyne Yi's physical antics into Ruby's mannerisms]].
* InstantExpert: While calling herself dumb, she actually learned to play guitar very quickly -- in less than ten minutes!
* IronicName: While most of the Ruby gemstone mythos fits her very well, there's one big exception: Real life rubies are associated with nobility, and are actually more valuable than diamonds, while Homeworld has rubies (including Crystal Gem Ruby) as an expendable RedShirtArmy caste.
* IWillFindYou: Ruby has a single desire when they're separated: find Sapphire. After they get married, Ruby and Sapphire are more comfortable spending time apart.
* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Really likes cowboys, to the point of deciding to dress and act as one during the events of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E21TheQuestion "The Question"]].
* LargeHam: Ruby has a tendency to over-exaggerate with her face and gesticulations, particularly when aggravated.
* LeeroyJenkins: She just runs through the ship screaming Sapphire's name, with no apparent concern that she might instead run into Jasper or Peridot.
* MartialArtsHeadband: She's a fighter who wears a red (later gold) headband which [[IdenticalTwinIDTag visually distinguishes her from any other Ruby]].
* MeaningfulName: In gemstone mythos, rubies encourage closeness and commitment and it deepens a couple's relationship, reflecting how Ruby's whole world revolves around Sapphire. They also sharpen the mind, bringing a heightened awareness and excellent concentration, showing her focus on one thing at the time to the point of one-track mindness and how she amplifies Sapphire's precognition as Garnet. They are used for protection (often against the paranormal and psychic/psychological attacks), which goes with Ruby's job as a bodyguard. Rubies are also associated with fire and the sun, and she has fire powers.
* MorphicResonance: When fused with Sapphire into Garnet, Garnet gains her skin tone (mostly in her first form, less so with the second), general outfit design, meaty legs, afro, and eye shape from Ruby. Interestingly, where Garnet's afro has its indent is around the same place where Ruby's headband is, making their hair frame their face in the same square fashion. She is also apparently the source of Garnet's gauntlets, as she materializes one herself (which does not have a star on it).
* MrViceGuy: Despite her hot temper, she's usually caring, brave, selfless, and loving.
* NoIndoorVoice: If angry. Oddly quiet otherwise.
* NonSequitur: [[spoiler:When trying to distract Holly Blue Agate]] she screams "EXPLOSION!!" [[spoiler:before explaining that her ship might explode.]]
* OnlySaneWoman: Compared to the other Ruby Guards she was assigned with in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]] (and indeed, most of the other Rubies seen so far), she's noticeably more levelheaded and intelligent.
** In a subversion of their usual dynamic, she also ends up being this to Sapphire during the events of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]] and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E21TheQuestion "The Question"]]. [[spoiler: She very quickly digests the new information and concludes that there wasn't any possible way for them to realize what was going on behind their backs and lets it blow over so that she can move on with her life. Sappire on the other hand completely snaps at hearing the information, denounces their relationship in a fit of short-sighted rage and only realizes the gravity of what she had said after it was too late.]]
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Despite her small size, Ruby has shown several feats of surprising strength, such as smashing a table hard enough to send it across the room. Since Rubies are the foot soldiers of the Gem empire, it would make sense that she would be stronger than she looks.
* PlayingWithFire: She can emit extreme heat, and does so [[PowerIncontinence unconsciously]] when emotional -- enough to leave burning footprint and boil a whole swimming pool full of water in a few hours.
-->'''Ruby:''' I am an ETERNAL FLAME, BABY!
* PowerFist: Like Garnet, her weapon armors up her fist. The design is slightly different, though. Whereas Garnet's fists are essentially one large block, Ruby's wrist armor is larger, her hand doesn't increase in size, and the back lacks a star and spikes, making it more like a boxing glove rather than a gauntlet. Interestingly, she summons it on her right hand, which doesn't have a gem.
* PowerIncontinence: Ruby is naturally HotBlooded, and intense emotions such as excitement or rage can cause her fire powers to flare up by accident.
** In "Keystone Motel", her anger over fighting with Sapphire causes her to burn the hotel carpet under her feet and boil away all the water in the pool.
** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FsELnENMrE this Cartoon Network bumper]], she makes a beautiful painting for Sapphire, but gets so excited to show it to her that she flares up and chars the painting to a crisp. Apparently, this has happened many times before, as seen by an entire wall being covered in burned paintings. (Sapphire loves them and hangs them up anyway.)
* RedIsHeroic: Her main color scheme is red and she's one-half of the fusion for [[MadeOfGood Garnet]].
* RedShirt: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]] reveals her place in the Gem caste system as an expendable low level soldier. Not only that, but she is literally wearing a red shirt.
* TheRunaway: She runs away after [[spoiler:Sapphire yells at her over Rose turning out to be Pink Diamond to the point of calling their whole relationship a lie]]. According to Steven, however, she means this literally.
* SayMyName: "SAPPHIIIRE!"
* ScrewDestiny: In contrast to Sapphire's [[TheFatalist Fatalist]] attitude in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]], Ruby can't bring herself to accept a future where Sapphire gets poofed. By leaping in front of her and forming Garnet for the first time, she's able to derail Sapphire's prediction and leave her amazed in the process.
* ShesAManInJapan: In some foreign dubs, Ruby is referred to as male due to restrictions on showing same-sex relationships in TV shows.
* ShoutOut: Visually, her design is based on K.O., the protagonist of Ian Jones-Quartey's other series, ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes''.
* SleevesAreForWimps: Ruby's outfit has no sleeves.
* SmarterThanYouLook: She calls herself stupid when she is actually impulsive/emotional, probably because Rubies are ''expected'' to be DumbMuscle on Homeworld. Most are, but our individualized Ruby was the only Gem who thought Amethyst was using her powers too much during the baseball game. Even from what little we see of her pre-Crystal Gem life, our Ruby was clearly the most levelheaded and intelligent of the squadron of Rubies she was deployed with. When Amethyst comments that Rubies are dumb, Garnet notes that ''not all of them'' are.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Though unintentionally, by saving Sapphire, she prevented Pearl and Rose from being captured which would result in the Rebellion's collapse and would allow the Homeworld Gems to have their way with Earth.
* SpringtimeForHitler: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E5HitTheDiamond "Hit the Diamond"]], she infiltrates the team of Homeworld Rubies and tries to sabotage their chances of winning the baseball game from within by playing horribly. She does all right for the most part, but at one point she accidentally hits a home run when she is distracted by Sapphire waving at her.
* StraightMan: As opposed to her preceding appearances, she was this to her fellow Rubies during [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]].
* SuperStrength: She angrily punches the wall of her cell so hard the vibration knocks Steven over.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Quite unexpectedly, even though she's hot-tempered and masculine, she's the one who wears a dress [[spoiler:at her wedding to Sapphire]].
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Hurt Sapphire and Ruby will end you.
* VisualPun: Her status in Homeworld society as a RedShirt.
* VocalDissonance: She is tomboyish and has a masculine appearance, but has a very high-pitched voice.
* WackyMarriageProposal: [[spoiler:Proposes to Sapphire with one right out of a Western in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E21TheQuestion "The Question"]].]]
* WalkDontSwim: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]], Ruby paces along the bottom of the pool until it completely evaporates.

!!Sapphire
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EricaLuttrell\\\
''"I can see the path of fate as it stretches toward the horizon."''

A small blue Gem that is always fused with Ruby. Possessing ice powers and Future Vision, she can often be very withdrawn and emotionally distant, and so is complemented well by her more open partner Ruby.

* AffectionateNickname: Laughy Sapphy. Given by Ruby of course. This may have a double meaning, if "sapphy" can be considered slang for "sapphic", another word for lesbian, derived from the poetess Creator/{{Sappho}}.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: When viewed from the bottom, the layers of her dress resemble a geode.
* BlessedWithSuck: Sapphire possesses Future Vision, but can only see one course instead of alternatives (like Garnet). Also, her ability to see the future has also made her fatalistic.
* BlindSeer: Sapphire has the ability to look into the future and her eye is completely covered. In a blink-and-you'll-miss moment in her first appearance, you can see her come to a stop ''exactly'' where Ruby would be able to see her a second before she appears. In her later appearance she uses it more blatantly. However, her Future Vision originally wasn't as advanced as Garnet's; while Garnet can see multiple outcomes, Sapphire only saw one outcome for the rebel attack in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]]. This appears to be a consistent flaw with Sapphire's version of future vision as in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E12GemHeist "Gem Heist"]], when asked if the plan will work her answer is a definitive no before quickly stating that they'll change fate. However, Sapphire has moved closer to Garnet's own mindset, acknowledging that even though she can not see other possibilities independently fate is not as set as she originally believed.
* BlueBlood: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]] reveals her place in the Gem caste system as a rare high level aristocrat, as well as an advisor for Blue Diamond. Bonus points for being literally blue, albeit not having any blood due to Gem biology.
* BlueIsCalm: Sapphire is a blue-colored Gem who provides Garnet with her calmer side, [[RedOniBlueOni as opposed to]] [[RedIsViolent Sapphire's hot-headed fusion (and romantic) partner Ruby]]. When she gets into an argument with Ruby, Ruby has frequent angry outbursts, but Sapphire [[BlueMeansCold literally]] freezes up and isolates herself, avoiding conflict until she apologizes to Ruby.
* BlueIsHeroic: Her main color scheme is blue and she's one-half of the fusion for [[MadeOfGood Garnet]].
* BlueMeansCold: Sapphire is a Gem with a blue color scheme who can freeze things, but [[EmotionalPowers only when she's very emotional]].
* BlueMeansSmartOne: Sapphire is the blue Gem of the RedOniBlueOni duo that [[FusionDance fuses]] into Garnet. She's intelligent and wise, having the power of precognition. Her thoughtful and logical behavior is a direct contrast to the red Ruby's emotional and irrational approach to things. When she isn't fused with Ruby, Sapphire is usually coming up with a plan for the team.
* CharacterDevelopment: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E5HitTheDiamond "Hit the Diamond"]] shows her more open to the various future possibilities, rather than deciding that one thing will absolutely happen. She also shows more interest in the present than in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]], though part of this might just be that the latter episode was an emotional low point for her. The most dramatic development is in her backstory; prior to meeting Ruby in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]], she had her entire life mapped out via future vision, which Ruby's interference convinced her to willfully deviate from. [[spoiler:While she's upset and running away from Ruby after learning the truth about Pink Diamond and tells Ruby she never knows what's going on, she makes sure to tell Ruby that she's angry about Rose's lie, and it has nothing to do with Ruby. This is in stark contrast to her bottling up her emotions in "Keystone Motel" and making Ruby think she didn't care.]]
* CharacterTics: Her bangs tends to be removed from in front of her eye when she's distressed.
* TheComicallySerious: Definitely has her moments of this, in part due to being more stoic than Garnet.
-->'''Steven:''' Sapphire, the toilet's frozen.\\
'''Sapphire:''' Such is fate.\\
'''Steven:''' Am I fated to pee on the grass too? ''[runs outside]''\\
'''Sapphire:''' Yes.
* CreepyMonotone: Doesn't show any emotion or variance in her voice when she speaks... except when being consoled by Ruby, or flirting with Ruby, or saying hi to Steven...
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Light blue hair and eye.
* {{Cyclops}}: She has one large eye underneath her bangs.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Was a member of Blue Diamond's entourage before the war. Sapphires are "rare aristocratic Homeworld Gems", and she was addressed as "Your Grand Clarity" by Holly Blue Agate in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E12GemHeist "Gem Heist"]].
* DidntSeeThatComing: Sapphire can correctly predict most things with her future vision, but it seems she can be caught off-guard by outcomes she never considered possible, such as Pearl fixing the communication hub as an excuse to keep fusing with Garnet, (though that may be due to Garnet herself missing it, as her powers work slightly different due to Ruby's influence) or [[spoiler:Rose Quartz actually having been Pink Diamond since she trusted Rose enough to not look into her future and question her]].
* DissonantSerenity: She almost always appears to be completely calm and stoic.
-->'''Sapphire:''' ''[completely monotonous]'' Can't you see I'm completely ''engulfed'' with rage?
* ElementalPersonalities: She has a very calm and withdrawn personality, as is befitting someone with ice-powers.
* EmotionlessGirl: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Sapphire normally has a calm exterior, but also is seen laughing when being SickeninglySweethearts with Ruby, embarrassed when called by her [[AffectionateNickname pet name]], and crying when she realizes how she's been unintentionally insensitive to Ruby's feelings and by extension upsetting Steven. By the time of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E5HitTheDiamond "Hit the Diamond"]], she's just as flirty and distracted as Ruby is.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While she is fine with lying when there's a good reason for it, such as during the baseball game with the Rubies, she hates it when someone deceives her about an important issue because it messes with her Future Vision and is a breach of trust. Pearl's deception about the tower, which wasted the Crystal Gems' time and used Garnet for a power high, causes her to freeze up a room in anger, and [[spoiler:she runs off in tears after learning that Rose lied to them about being Pink Diamond]].
* FatalFlaw:
** She has Future Vision that allows her to see threats and paths to the future and when such events have been resolved, which makes her neglect the equally important ''present'', or occasionally have a panic attack.
** There's also the fact that her Future Vision isn't omniscient. She can't predict the future of something or someone unless she's specifically focused on it. [[spoiler:She never realized Rose and Pink Diamond were one and the same because she never considered the possibility, and therefore never looked into possible futures that would have revealed the truth.]] Such a massive oversight devastated her when she found out.
** Addtionanlly, her Future Vison is lacking in comparison to Garnet as Sapphire alone has a passive personality. Because of this, Sapphire's Future Vison, while clearer, largely focuses on the most likely path, and can be disrupted by those with impuslive personalities such as Ruby. Because of this she can be easily blindsided by someone doing something illogical and impulsive. (In comparison, Garnet can see dozens of futures, even some that are comically improbable, allowing her to be prepared for any situation, at the cost of general clairty)
* TheFatalist:
** Compared to Garnet, who insists that the future is not written and that her future sight is just a way of seeing possibilities that ''might'' happen, Sapphire seems to think that everything is inevitable. The fact that Ruby is able to [[ScrewDestiny derail her predictions]] in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]] leaves her stunned, but apparently does little to change her way of thinking, as she still seems to think this way over 5,000 years later in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]], though part of that might have just been her trying to get Ruby to hurry up and make up with Pearl. She does seem to have moved closer to accepting possibilities by [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E5HitTheDiamond "Hit the Diamond"]], though, since she rolls with Steven's baseball-game ploy when it beats her predicted odds and ends up being the final option. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E12GemHeist "Gem Heist"]], she bluntly states that the plan she's made will fail but then says they can change the future, albeit with a very crooked smile.
** Per [[http://thegeekiary.com/steven-universe-press-panel-at-san-diego-comic-con-2016/36304 a 2016 interview]], Sapphire generally only sees one future possibility, because she herself is so passive. Ruby's more impulsive nature changes the certainties into a selection of possibilities, making Garnet's version less certain but more expansive.
* {{Flight}}: She at least possesses the ability to hover short distances.
* GamerChick: Only a single eye was actively following the action when Garnet got addicted to a rhythm game. That said, Sapphire is a cyclops.
* GiantPoofySleeves: Her dress has large, round sleeves to complete her very feminine image.
* GoodCostumeSwitch: She had a blue diamond on the front of her dress when she still served Blue Diamond. It became a normal stripe when we first see her.
* GoodWithNumbers: Her prescient powers are implied to involve AwesomenessByAnalysis, and Sapphire writes out some extensive statistical formulae in "Together Forever".
* HeroicBSOD: She's very upset on learning [[spoiler:Rose lied to them and was Pink Diamond the whole time, running off in tears despite Ruby calling for her. She has another one after finding out Ruby has run away because of her lashing out at her]].
* HiddenDepths: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E4MindfulEducation "Mindful Education"]], personal issues are represented as butterflies; Ruby seems to only have one, Sapphire has a swarm big enough to ''drown'' her. This is most likely because as the BlindSeer of the Crystal Gems, she is constantly seeing every possible pathway of fate at once, constantly trying to decide what actions taken will and won't result in disaster.
* HighClassGloves: A white pair, giving her an old-fashioned feminine look.
* AnIcePerson: She emits extreme cold when emotionally distressed, typically manifesting in ice forming around her feet. Properly focused, she can freeze entire rooms solid in a matter of minutes, or use sudden cold snaps to empower her physical blows.
* InhumanEyeConcealers: Her bangs usually hide that she's a {{Cyclops}}.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: She constantly sees the imminent future, unconsciously forgetting that the problems that she sees resolved still exist in the present, and might require her personal action to ''be'' solved in the first place.
-->"I keep looking into the future, when all of this has already been solved, as if it doesn't matter how you feel in the present. ''[[JerkassRealization No wonder you think I don't care!]]''"
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Moves so fast Steven's feet don't even touch the ground when he's pulled along, despite wearing a big poofy dress.
* LipstickLesbian: A {{Discount Lesbian|s}} with a feminine design.
* LogicalWeakness:
** To see something with Future Vision, she has to be actively looking for it. [[spoiler:She never knew that Rose Quartz was actually Pink Diamond because she trusted Rose implicitly and never looked into her personal future. She has a massive HeroicBSOD when she eventually does find out because she sees what Rose did as a betrayal of that trust.]]
** Her Future Vision also becomes less reliable when predicting the actions of someone who tends to act without thinking or do things spontaneously, like Ruby. She can still predict their actions to some extent, but she'll get confused if she sees them doing something that doesn't make sense, even if it is techincally accurate.
--->'''Steven:''' Do you see her [Ruby] coming back in your future vision?\\
'''Sapphire:''' Oh! Maybe! But... she's so wonderful... ''[sniffles]'' ...and spontaneous...I have no idea why she would– ''why would she be a cowboy?!''
* LongHairIsFeminine: Her long hair contrasts with Ruby's BoyishShortHair.
* MeaningfulName:
** In gemstone mythos, sapphires help to calm and focus the mind and increase the power of the ThirdEye; Sapphire pretty much balances Ruby's impulsiveness and she's the BlindSeer of the duo.
** Sapphires are also love stones, specifically attachment and fidelity and amplifies healing through the voice, explaining why Sapphire sings to calm Ruby from a distance.
** Throughout history, sapphire has symbolized truth, sincerity, and loyalty. Sapphire is always straightforward and honest with her predictions of the future, and she has remained in a monogamous, loving relationship with Ruby for thousands of years.
** Ruby's nickname "Laughy Sapphy", with "sapphy" possibly being a slang form of "sapphic", may be indicative of their sapphic, i.e. lesbian relationship, derived from Creator/{{Sappho}}, the Greek poetess from Lesbos who wrote about love between women.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: The reason she joined the Crystal Gems is because the Homeworld Gems turned on her for fusing with Ruby by accident, and because Blue Diamond was willing to kill Ruby even though she saved Sapphire's life.
* MorphicResonance: When fused with Ruby to make Garnet, Garnet gains her lip shape, tendency to leave her eyes covered (bangs on Sapphire, CoolShades on Garnet), a small part of her first form's skin tone (which is noticeably darker than Ruby's bright red), a larger part of her second form's skintone, her slender arms, gloves (reduced to one finger on each hand rather than a full glove), and her GiantPoofySleeves from Sapphire.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:She becomes remorseful after [[JerkassRealization remembering that she denounced her relationship with Ruby]] during her fit of rage upon discovering Rose was Pink Diamond, and when she discovers Ruby has run away as a result, she [[TearsOfRemorse breaks down]].]]
* NervesOfSteel: Even while in prison and separated from Ruby, Sapphire was calm in her cell. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E11KeepingItTogether "Keeping It Together"]], despite her side of their fusion's face looking more fearful, she seems to be trying to comfort both herself and Ruby, rationalizing that neither them nor Rose Quartz could've known about Homeworld's fusion experiments.
* NiceGirl: Even before she defected, Sapphire was nothing but nice and considerate.
* NiceToTheWaiter: 5,000 years ago, she was shown to be polite and courteous to her Ruby guards, who were considered common soldiers and ranked far below her, an aristocrat, in Homeworld's HiveCasteSystem. She even ran away from Homeworld to save the Ruby who had saved her life a few seconds ago, because said Ruby was about to be sentenced to death for accidentally fusing with her while pushing her out of the way of Pearl's blade.
* TheNoseless: One would think her hair is covering a nose, but when it's pulled up you can see she doesn't have one.
* NotSoStoic:
** Despite her cool exterior, Sapphire finally breaks down when she realizes how she and Ruby have upset Steven and that she was ignoring Ruby's feelings, outright bursting into tears and having to be consoled by Ruby. She really only acts emotionless when she is actively suppressing her anger, otherwise, she can be just as dorky as Ruby.
** In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]], [[spoiler:[[BrokenPedestal she's so]] ''[[BrokenPedestal livid]]'' [[BrokenPedestal about learning that Rose used to be Pink Diamond, and thus lied to them all those millennia]], that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness she defused and warped away in a rage... without Ruby]]]].
* OmniscientMoralityLicense: Sapphire [[DownplayedTrope has yet to do anything heinously amoral]], but she does have a rather cold, utilitarian, and even condescending attitude she justifies as being because her Future Vision means she always knows what's going to happen. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]], she admits to and apologizes to Ruby for ignoring how she felt in the present.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]] has her [[spoiler:actually angry and in tears due to [[TheReveal recent revelations]]. (See NotSoStoic above.) Yes, the calm-as-a-cucumber, TranquilFury Sapphire is showing genuine anger. This is especially jarring considering how calm she was after the whole "Pearl-lying-to-form-Sardonyx" event in Season 2.]]
* ParachutePetticoat: Uses this to land gently after jumping off the Cloud Arena and falling thousands of feet through the air with Ruby.
* PersonalityPowers: Due to her ability to see the future, she often is very detached, and frustrates those around her due to knowing what's going to happen and acting like she's better than they because of it. This last element is also displayed by her ability to float; she thinks she's above others.
* PowerIncontinence: When Sapphire [[DeerInTheHeadlights freezes up]], [[BowelBreakingBricks she involuntarily]] [[VisualPun freezes herself to the floor]].
* ThePowerOfLove: Ruby's love helped Sapphire learn that the most likely future isn't always the future that will happen, and that she needs to understand and empathize with people in the present instead of living in the future where everything is solved.
* PrescienceIsPredictable: Constant use of her Future Vision has rendered her fatalistic and complacent about outcomes. It leaves her with having a cold, patient and dissociated personality. She does seem to be dialing it back more recently, though.
* {{Pride}}: Hinted at in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]], which might be where Garnet gets it. Ends up being part of the reason [[spoiler: she explodes when she finds out that Rose and Pink are the same person: not only did Rose lie her and Ruby into a relationship (or so she assumed at the time), but Rose also made a fool of her, a mistake she took very personally as she considers herself the one person on the team who's supposed to know better.]]
-->'''Ruby:''' YOU'RE NOT AS ABOVE THIS AS YOU THINK YOU ARE!\\
'''Sapphire:''' Yes. I am.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Apparently, the reason why her visions always came true before [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]] was that she was so passive she went along with everything that happened, assuming it was set in stone.
* StepfordSmiler: Heavily implied in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E4MindfulEducation "Mindful Education"]], considering that, as opposed to Ruby's single mental-baggage butterfly, she has an entire swarm. Which would make sense as she is constantly exposed to the most likely futures at any given time, including ones where everything and everyone she cares about are destroyed.
* TheStoic: Sapphire doesn't really emote much: her voice is quiet and monotone even when she's livid, and her calm and collected demeanor only adds to it.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Sapphire is usually cold and distant with others, a trait that is sometimes reflected in Garnet. However, it's very clear that Sapphire is very compassionate, fair and level-headed on top of having a lot of patience.
* SuperSpeed: She grabs Steven and then speeds through the corridors of the ship in seconds to find Ruby. Seen again when escaping Blue Diamond's court with Ruby in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]].
* TranquilFury: She doesn't show emotion. When she says that she's furious at Pearl after [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E14CryForHelp "Cry For Help"]], you have to take her word for it (though the PowerIncontinence is a big clue that she's telling the truth). [[spoiler:It makes her lividity at TheReveal that Rose Quartz and Pink Diamond were the same person all the more jarring.]]
* TrueBlueFemininity: She has blue hair, blue skin, and a blue dress. She's also the feminine half of her and Ruby's MasculineFeminineGayCouple.
* VisualPun:
** Her status in Homeworld society as a BlueBlood.
** Sapphire's hair is a light blue color, almost white, and poofy like a cloud. In her early appearances, she is constantly thinking about the future and is not very grounded in reality, due to her future vision -- in other words, she has her head in the clouds.
* WasItAllALie: Ruby and Sapphire held Rose in high esteem for letting them exist as a fusion, and for liberating the Earth from the Diamond Authority. [[spoiler:Sapphire as a result is quite upset when she and the other Crystal Gems learn that Pink Diamond and Rose Quartz were the same person, because it appears that everything Rose said was just a big lie and that many Gems died as some kind of cruel game for her. Turns out the lie was Pink/Rose's only option; she tried to do everything as Pink but was stopped by Blue and Yellow. Originally other Gems weren't part of the plan at all, but then she met Garnet and was following her lead instead; realizing this lets Sapphire forgive Rose/Pink.]]
* WeatherManipulation: It's implied in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E19NowWereOnlyFallingApart "Now We're Only Falling Apart"]] that Sapphire's out-of-control ice powers are causing the snowy weather at Rose's fountain. When she starts calming down, it starts warming up.
* WhenSheSmiles: Ruby is about the only person who can get Sapphire to smile, and Ruby herself goes nuts for it.
* WinterRoyalLady: Sapphire has ice powers and was created as a member of the Homeworld aristocracy. She also fits the personality of one, being a calm and composed ProperLady.
* YouCantFightFate: She saw herself getting poofed by the Crystal Gems, and accepted it as fate. Ruby jumping in and fusing with her surprised her, as she never imagined her destiny could be changed.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: She could no longer return to Blue Diamond's court or Homeworld after fleeing with Ruby and saving her from execution. But it was okay, because they had each other.

[[folder:Bismuth]]
!!Bismuth
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[[caption-width-right:300:"We are powerful! We are important! We are the CRYSTAL GEMS!"]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/UzoAduba ("Bismuth" to "Bismuth Casual"), Creator/MiriamHyman ("Everything's Fine" to "The Future", ''VideoGame/UnleashTheLight'')\\\
''"Because we are the Crystal Gems!\\
And we never give up, we never give up on out friends!\\
As long as one of us is standing to brandish the star\\
We'll find a way to save the day, that's who we are!"''

One of the original Crystal Gems from over 5,000 years ago, and an old comrade to Garnet and Pearl.

* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:After being bubbled in her eponymous episode, Bismuth is freed and rejoins the Crystal Gems in the final arc of Season 5.]]
* AntiVillain: Has good intentions, but [[spoiler:her PayEvilUntoEvil tendencies regarding Homeworld and her developing [[OneHitKill The Breaking Point]] was the [[MeaningfulName Breaking]] [[PunnyName Point]] for Rose to bubble her away, having become too aggressive to allow her on the battlefield any longer]]. As of [[spoiler:[[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honor"]]]], this no longer applies.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:She eventually becomes this for attempting to kill Steven, fearing the other Crystal Gems won't accept her back. Ultimately, they do.]]
* BeAllMySinsRemembered: [[spoiler:Learning that Rose never told the other Crystal Gems about what really happened to her, [[ThePowerOfLegacy despite knowing what that would mean if they knew]], was what ''really'' set her off, and it's the reason she decides Steven is better than Rose when he promises to tell them everything.]]
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: By the events of the movie, she's the Brawn to Lapis's Beauty and Peridot's Brains.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler:Bismuth was furious with Rose for not wanting to shatter Pink Diamond to end the war early. She finds out six thousand years later that Rose ''did'' take her advice ... by faking the shattering because she ''was'' Pink Diamond. Then White, Blue and Yellow unleashed the Corruption Beam and hurt all of the surviving Crystal Gems, who were Bismuth's friends. Bismuth is horrified and guilty when she realizes what she inspired Rose to do.]]
* BerserkButton: Hoo boy, if you value your life, don't lie to Bismuth. Another button that is on 24/7 is Bismuth's hatred for Homeworld, especially the "Elite" of Homeworld. That one burns with the intensity of the lava she forges with. And for the love of all that is holy, [[spoiler:''never'' let her believe you have ''any'' sympathy for the enemy]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's a big, sweet, loving Gem who's quick with a joke and full of sincere encouragement. She's also an utterly ''brutal'' fighter. [[spoiler:And she tried to kill Steven, and Rose in the past.]] [[spoiler:This is shown again in the fight against Blue Diamond.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Along with Lapis and Peridot in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "ChangeYour Mind"]], she makes a ''very'' timely arrival with the repaired arm ships to subdue White Diamond's ship.]]
* TheBigGuy: Of the original Crystal Gems, seemingly, being a BloodKnight with strength matching that of Garnet's as well being the physically largest Gem besides Rose.
* BigThinShortTrio: Among the Crystal Gems, she forms one with Peridot and Lapis. The three serve as reinforcements for Steven during the ''Diamond Days'' event, with Bismuth able to easily repair the Diamond's ships and forge a new sword for Connie to use.
* TheBlacksmith: Bismuths are builders and architects, but after siding with the Crystal Gems, this Bismuth used that talent to make weapons. She forged every physical weapon used by the Crystal Gems during the war, and in the present provides the remaining Crystal Gems with upgrades for their Gem weapons. Her forge is in the base of a volcano, like Hephaestus, and she starts on weapons by ''dipping her bare hands into lava'' and hammering the red hot ingot with her hands shapeshifted into hammers.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Aside from her hammer, she shifts her hands into large blades for combat.
* BloodKnight: In a flashback to the war, she jumped into a crowd of fleeing Gems and immediately attacked the first Gem near her -- the small, pencil-thin Lapis Lazuli, who didn't even have a chance to defend herself. She's actually rather chatty and friendly when around other Crystal Gems, though.
* BoisterousBruiser: She's jovial, loud, and the most muscular Gem seen yet.
* BrightIsNotGood: She's a vividly colorful Gem with a cheerful demeanor [[spoiler:and a BloodKnight side. After her HeelFaceTurn, this no longer applies, and she becomes as good as she is bright.]]
* BrokenAce: She is viewed as the most awesome member of the team [[spoiler:until it's revealed that she's not the same hero they so fondly remembered.]]
* BrokenPedestal:
** [[spoiler:The other Crystal Gems thought of her as still fiercely loyal to their cause of protecting the Earth and a potential leader in Rose's absence, but when Steven explains what happened between her and Rose (that the former tried to kill the latter over a disagreement of ethics), they become heartbroken and betrayed that their old friend has become a violently unstable and hateful person willing to even kill Rose to achieve her own personal goals over protecting the innocent.]]
** This also happened with Bismuth herself [[spoiler:toward Rose. Bismuth idolized Rose for promoting her views that any Crystal Gem could be their own individual, outside of their caste system. When Rose tried to prevent Bismuth from fulfilling ''her'' crusade of vengeance, however? Rose fell from grace in Bismuth's eyes, to the point where she attempted to ''murder her''. After Bismuth's return she calms down about that, but still considers Steven to be superior to Rose as he's dealing with the problems she didn't or wouldn't face, including Bismuth herself.]]
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Bismuth is very in touch with her emotions, is not afraid to cry in front of others, and over time with Steven [[spoiler:develops more empathy and compassion for her enemies]]. She can't stop herself from tearing up when she sees Pearl crying, and struggles not to cry when Sapphire and Ruby make their wedding vows.
* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: The burly Bimusth can form her fist into a mallet, which she uses both for combat and blacksmithing.
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honor"]], Steven manages to convince her that what she tried to do to him is a thing of the past and that the other Crystal Gems missed her despite her worries for trying to shatter Steven. Turns out they missed her a lot, much to her surprise.]]
* ButchLesbian: She has a masculine design and as shown in ''Steven Universe Future'', [[spoiler:she has feelings for Pearl.]]
* CatharticScream: Upon finding out [[spoiler:Rose and Pink Diamond were the same person]] she takes a moment to scream out her feeling... while dunking her head under lava.
* CharacterDevelopment: As of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs from Here to Homeworld"]], she has gone from being a [[spoiler:FallenHero who wanted to shatter the Diamonds to trusting her "leader" to negotiate with them, and advising him to "roar" in their language. Steven is grateful for the advice, and that she chose to stay on Earth.]]
* CuddleBug: She loves hugs especially [[TheGlomp tackle ones]]. [[spoiler:Pearl was the first one she hugged when Steven freed her the first time, which makes more sense on learning she has a crush on Pearl]]
* DeathByIrony: Non-fatal of course, due to being a Gem. [[spoiler:She ends up defeated by Steven after he stabs her with Rose's sword, the very weapon she constructed for her heroic leader.]] But then [[spoiler:Steven unbubbles her later.]]
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:When Steven refuses to use or let anyone use the Breaking Point, she tells him to shatter her. [[AllLovingHero Steven, of course, refuses]], and she changes her mind when Steven informs her he won't cover up her disappearance like Rose did.]]
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:As clearly seen in the fight against Blue and Yellow Diamond.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Bismuth is a working-class gem from a caste system born from almost a religious zealotry towards rank based on birth and privilege, who develops a particularly spiteful hatred towards the "bourgeoisie" of her society. She ends up joining freedom fighters founded by a charismatic leader built on the idea that all Gems are equal, [[DirtyCommunist only to become so devoted to the cause that she winds up become a zealot]], claiming that "no one is more Crystal Gem" than her and [[WithUsOrAgainstUs ends up attacking the founder of the group (Rose Quartz) when she isn't willing to go far enough]]. Not to mention that her favored weapons are [[HammerAndSickle hammers and sickles]] shape-shifted from the very hands that she makes her livelihood from.
* DreadlockRasta: She wears her hair in rainbow-colored dreadlocks, signifying her rebellious nature.
* DreadlockWarrior: Has an awesome hairstyle and is a highly competent warrior.
* EarlyBirdCameo: She appears as a semi-distinct silhouette in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E3SameOldWorld "Same Old World"]], and her bubbled gem was one of the objects seen in Lion's mane in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E35Lion3StraightToVideo "Lion 3: Straight to Video"]].
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** When she learns that [[spoiler:Pink Diamond was Rose Quartz and faked her shattering, it puts Rose's questionable strategy in light, and Bismuth abandons her idea of the Breaking Point when she realizes that Rose ''did'' take her advice, and faked Pink Diamond's shattering. She also apologizes to Steven for trying to kill him and mistaking him for Rose.]]
** The reason why she doesn't [[spoiler:want to initially attend Ruby and Sapphire's wedding is because she believes the Gems are justified to not trust her after she nearly killed Steven, since he is their leader. Steven tells her that he forgives her, and the others follow suit.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: A Gem with the most obvious range of colors to her palette. Even her shapeshifting has a visible rainbow flare.
* ExpressiveAccessory: DependingOnTheArtist, Bismuth's headband will sometimes change shape to match her mood, turning into a more pronounced V-shape when she's angry or flipping upside down when she's sad.
* FaceHeelTurn: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She's still a Crystal Gem, [[spoiler:but she turned into a KnightTemplar and tried to murder Steven when he gets in her way of escalating the war by aiming to shatter Homeworld's leaders outright (and was heavily implied to have attacked Rose when she disagreed with her on this). But see HeelFaceTurn below.]]
* FallenHero: [[spoiler:She was once regarded as the best Crystal Gem on the team, and fought by Rose's side neck and neck, until her hatred of and lust for revenge against the abuses of the Homeworld elite twisted and hardened her. As of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honor"]], she's risen above this trope.]]
* FatalFlaw: [[SevenDeadlySins Wrath]] beyond a shadow of a doubt. [[spoiler:The hatred Bismuth carries for high-class Homeworld Gems, the Diamonds '''especially''', and her insatiable desire to see them all shattered is what drove Rose to poof and bubble her, ally or not. She ultimately realizes her folly when she sees exactly what would've happened if she ''had'' shattered a Diamond.]]
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Has been "out" since the war, and thus missed a ''lot''. She confuses the house built outside the temple for a "base made out of wood", and (more tragically) she was completely unaware of the fact she, Garnet, and Pearl are the only Crystal Gems who survived the rebellion until Pearl told her. [[spoiler:She didn't even know about the corrupted Gems, or Pink Diamond's "shattering".]]
* {{Foil}}:
** To Jasper. Both are muscular Gems with long hair who ''love'' to fight, [[spoiler:and will use any means necessary to defeat their enemies]]. However, they're on opposite sides of the war. Most notably, Jasper respected Rose's tactics, dismissed her ideals, and saw Steven as a tinier, weaker form of Rose. [[spoiler:Bismuth adored Rose's new ideas of being your own person, but felt she wasn't brutal enough. She's also largely supportive of Steven and eventually sees him as ''better'' version of Rose.]] Tellingly though, both of them [[spoiler:concluded that Rose was only pretending to be Steven and believed they were attacking "her"]], albeit Bismuth got better. Also, Bismuth [[spoiler:thinks that shattering the Diamonds will help free the lower classes from the Diamonds' tyranny]], while Jasper [[spoiler:is filled with a massive amounts of rage and self-loathing largely because she thinks her Diamond was shattered.]] The biggest difference, however, is [[spoiler:Bismuth ultimately accepts Steven's offer of redemption.]]
** To Peridot. Both are builders of sorts, [[spoiler:but while Peridot pulled a HeelFaceTurn, Bismuth pulled a slight FaceHeelTurn. While Peridot conceded her plan to destroy the Cluster when Steven suggested looking for another option, when Steven said that there had to be an alternative to using Bismuth's Breaking Point, she tried to kill him. [[OddFriendship Amusingly]], they become fast friends in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited "Reunited"]], with Bismuth saying that she likes how Peridot [[{{Determinator}} doesn't quit]].]] [[spoiler:We also see their contrasting responses to Greg; Peridot saw him as an interesting human at first, and she sees him as a friend. While Peridot pushed Greg off the barn roof to see if he could fly while he was repairing it back in season 2, Bismuth is sawing up wood to help him repair the house and Temple. Justified in that Peridot didn't know humans were "fragile and soft", while Bismuth does, and Bismuths are made for construction work.]]
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: The show's creator has confirmed she ''is'' the Bismuth that poofed Lapis Lazuli during the rebellion, but neither recognizes the other. In Bismuth's case, [[ButForMeItWasTuesday that was far from the only Lapis Lazuli she knocked out]].
* {{Forgiveness}}: It's not clear if she's ''forgiven'' [[spoiler:Rose]], but when Bismuth learns [[spoiler:Rose was Pink Diamond]] she admits [[spoiler:Rose]] was justified in the actions Bismuth had previously been unable to understand. [[spoiler:She still considers Steven better than Rose, though.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Being a member of a ServantRace gave her one to start with, but the horrors of the war and hatred for the Diamonds ultimately twisted her into a KnightTemplar.]]
* GentleGiant: She's initially very friendly and gentle when first meeting Steven, and even later when her warlike tendencies become apparent she's still very warm and even caring. [[spoiler:Then her BerserkButton is pushed, and she ain't so gentle no more.]]
* GoshDarnItToHeck:
** [[spoiler:In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honor"]], after learning that Rose and Pink Diamond were the same, she dunks her head under lava and screams before pulling up and shouting "OH MY GOSH!"]]
** In [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie the movie]], Bismuth similarly says "Oh shhh[[LastSecondWordSwap ucks]]!" as one of the buildings in Little Homeworld starts to come apart.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:Admits that Steven is better than Rose after her defeat.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: She returns in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honor"]], where she sees what would have happened had she used the Breaking Point. After admitting she was wrong, Steven convinces her to rejoin the Crystal Gems.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler: While she's always been against the Diamonds, her stance with the rest of the Crystal Gems and how low she's willing to go has fluctuated throughout the series. She was originally a staunch believer of the cause, but she eventually decided the only way to stop the Diamonds was to [[KilledOffForReal shatter them]], leading Rose, and later Steven, to poof her when they disagreed with her methods. By [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honor"]] she attempts to distance herself from her fellow gems out of shame after having realised everything she did wrong, but Steven convinces her to come back, making her a full Crystal Gem once again and staying that way for the rest of the series.]]
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Has one in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honor"]], when she is informed of the complete story and realizes how her suggestion of the Breaking Point sounded to Rose ("Hey Rose! Check out this cool weapon I made, I'm gonna shatter '''you''' with it!"). She also sees the fate of the corrupted Crystal Gems and realizes her plan would've backfired catastrophically. The biggest one, however, is realizing Steven isn't Rose and thus she tried to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone murder a completely innocent person in her rage]].]]
-->'''Bismuth:''' I blew it! Everything was different, and I didn't believe it.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Was one during the First Gem War. At one point she talks with fellow veterans Garnet and Pearl over their feats such as defeating multiple Quartz battalions, and hijacking enemy ships as if they were routine for them. She also implies that she went through her own development as a hero after meeting with Rose Quartz not unlike Pearl.
* HeroicBuild: She's a Crystal Gem, and about as ripped as a male bodybuilder.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:Hates Homeworld and the Gem elite with a passion, moreso after learning how many friends were killed or corrupted in the war. While her intentions are good, she is willing to go to extremes Rose would never go to, which led to the conflict between them. Seems to have toned down once the effects of her planed course of action, the truth about Rose, and meeting some former Homeworld Gems at least to not being openly homicidal.]]
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:In spite of her (very justified) immense distrust and normally highly visible disdain towards them, Bismuth looks noticeably saddened and sympathetic when watching Blue and Yellow Diamond struggle against their fear and attempt to reason with and stand up to White Diamond during [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind Change Your Mind]], moreso than anyone else besides Steven and Connie.]]
* HistoryRepeats: [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Steven, he had no idea by telling the blacksmith Gem ''"It's not right"'' when refusing to use the Breaking Point to win the war, he was using ''the exact same words'' his mother Rose told Bismuth thousands of years ago, right before their confrontation. Bismuth snaps, thinking "Steven" is yet another one of "Rose's lies" to her. Their confrontation directly after goes almost exactly the same as it did with Rose: Bismuth attacks and ends up being poofed and bubbled in self-defence. The crucial difference is that Steven promises to tell the others everything that's happened instead of hiding it like Rose did, leading to Bismuth telling him he really is better than Rose before she poofs, which ends up being a major part of why she's able to be freed and return to the group later on without many grievances.]]
* HopelessSuitor: It's revealed in ''Future'' that [[spoiler:she's been in love with Pearl practically since when they met thousands of years ago. She refuses to tell Pearl, however, because she knows her best friend has been mourning Rose and doesn't seem interested in a new relationship]].
* HumanizingTears: [[spoiler:As ferocious and violent as she had been to him moments before, it's pretty difficult not to feel horrible seeing her tears after Steven impales her with Rose's sword as she confesses just how much it hurts to know how little she must've mattered to Rose to be bubbled away and lied about to her friends for ''thousands'' of years.]]
* IGaveMyWord: Bismuth is someone who takes her oaths seriously. [[spoiler:She helps Greg repair the house and Temple since she promised to fix it, and makes steady progress before Steven sends them a distress call.]]
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Heavily implied by her above quote, especially if Bismuth equates "be her own Gem" instead of "what the Diamonds and Homeworld made her to be" to special. She relays this to Steven [[spoiler:after he defeats her]], telling him it's important that Steven [[BeYourself be himself]] rather than struggling to live up to whatever legacy and role was left to him by Rose.
* IKnewThereWasSomethingAboutYou: She feels upset but vindicated after [[spoiler:she learns the truth about Pink Diamond RunningBothSides of the war, explaining Rose Quartz's adherence to a relatively passive strategy.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Steven defeats her by [[DeathByIrony stabbing her with Rose's sword]].]]
* InnocentlyInsensitive: [[spoiler:Her telling Rose to use the Breaking Point to shatter the Diamonds is essentially her telling Rose to use the Breaking Point to shatter herself and her ''[[CainAndAbel sisters]]''. After she learns the truth, Bismuth admits to this.]]
* {{Irony}}:
** As she admitted with a bitter laugh, [[spoiler:she told Rose to shatter Pink Diamond with the Breaking Point, not knowing they were one and the same. Then after all their fight and Bismuth getting bubbled, Rose took her advice, and the war's aftermath went south for the Crystal Gems]].
** More seriously, she has the most faith that Steven [[spoiler:can actually negotiate with the Diamonds after he managed to reach them in a psychic plane and call for a ceasefire. Then she finds out from a Watermelon Steven that the Crystal Gems on Homeworld, including Steven, are in trouble and need help.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:She refuses to tell Pearl she loves her because Pearl, as far as she knows, is still mourning Rose and doesn't seem interested in another relationship. Bismuth only cares that Pearl is happy, because that is what she deserves]].
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** [[spoiler:Well, not JerkAss so much as a ''very'' harsh WellIntentionedExtremist, but while BothSidesHaveAPoint in regards to her and Rose's disagreement, Steven completely agrees with her that Rose not telling the Crystal Gems about the outcome was a mistake, and corrects it after being forced to imprison her again.]]
** It's done again when [[spoiler:everyone finds out Rose Quartz was Pink Diamond. Bismuth claimed that Rose Quartz's strategy made no sense and seemed to be befuddle her as to how a more passive, merciful, and forgiving strategy was even ''working'' against great odds. Steven admits as such. But when it turns out that Pink Diamond was controlling both sides of the early stages of the rebellion...]]
** A case where she is being a Jerkass to herself: Bismuth tells Steven [[spoiler:she doesn't want to confess her feelings to Pearl because she wants the other Gem to be happy and such a revelation may change their friendship forever, and not in a good way. Steven respects her wishes on this one.]]
* KnightTemplar: Steven notably winces upon seeing some of the [[SpikesOfDoom brutal]] enhancements she adds to the other Gems' weapons for the return of the Homeworld Gems. [[spoiler:She also developed a PileBunker-style weapon for Rose during the war, capable of ''[[KilledOffForReal shattering]]'' Gems in one blow -- an act that would [[DeaderThanDead break their minds]] -- and voiced her intent to [[PayEvilUntoEvil take it to Homeworld]] and shatter the Diamonds herself if her "gift" wasn't accepted. Rose refused it because it was [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim against everything they stood for]], and, it's implied, ended up defending herself against Bismuth. Bismuth would later attempt to force the deadly weapon on [[AllLovingHero Steven]], and turned on ''him'' when [[ActualPacifist he refused it]] too]]. [[spoiler:Eventually, she realizes the error of her ways.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma:
** If she was the same Bismuth who was indirectly responsible for Lapis being trapped in the mirror, she suffered a similar fate when Rose kept her bubbled for millennia after the former attempted to kill her and never told anyone about her true fate because she was too dangerous and wanted to spare their friends' feelings about her betrayal. WordOfGod confirmed at SDCC that she ''is'' the Bismuth who poofed Lapis, though the both of them are oblivious to this.[[invoked]]
** A more positive sort; [[spoiler:Steven with the PowerOfFriendship convinces her to attend Garnet's wedding, and to reunite with the Crystal Gems after she thinks that they'd be right not to trust her. Bismuth is more than happy to attend and help out by making rings. Afterward, due to choosing to stay on Earth while the others go to Homeworld, she actually gets a few days of peace and a chance to help Steven when he sends a distress call.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: She's associated with electric guitar riffs and a rough-sounding synth rhythm.
* LiteralMinded: [[spoiler:In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honor"]], Steven says Bismuth can be the maid of honor for Ruby and Sapphire's wedding. Bismuth, barely knowing what a wedding is, assumes Steven meant she was actually made of honor.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:When she returns in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honor"]] it's shown she wasn't told about the corrupted Gems or that Pink Diamond was (seemingly) shattered. (For that matter, it's confirmed she was bubbled before Rose/Pink faked her death.) Steven has to catch her up on a lot, plus the fact that Pink Diamond and Rose Quartz were one and the same. Later episodes show she still doesn't know about some more recent events, like what the Cluster is or the Watermelon Stevens, and is given a quick summary.]]
* MeaningfulName: Bismuth crystals in the stairstep style that Bismuth's is in are generally crafted artificially rather than naturally found, lending to the fact that Bismuths are generally carpenters, construction workers, and blacksmiths. Bismuth is also a metal with low thermal conductivity, which would explain her being used to the scorching heat of her forge. [[spoiler:In a darker way, Bismuth was originally thought to be the element with the highest atomic mass possible before becoming unstable, but is in fact very weakly radioactive, hinting towards Bismuth's more destructive and unsavory tendencies.]]
* MissingStepsPlan: She and Rose had their disagreements. [[spoiler:Bismuth's entire plan for defeating the Diamonds and freeing the lower classes was to take one handheld weapon and just slaughter her way through the entire Gem nobility, with her rage blinding her to any complications or morality. When she returns in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honor"]], she encounters a corrupted Gem for the first time and learns what her plan would have resulted in.]]
* MundaneUtility: She can form her arms into a rolling pin/tray to cook and serve pizza.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** [[spoiler:After learning the truth about Rose/Pink, she is horrified to realize that she must have given Rose the idea to fake her shattering, as well as the fact that shattering a Diamond would've merely resulted in the corruption attack.]]
** [[spoiler:Realizing that Steven truly ''isn't'' Rose also causes this reaction, as Bismuth realizes she attempted to murder a completely innocent person who'd only tried to be her friend while lost in her hatred.]]
* MyGreatestSecondChance: She greatly regrets [[spoiler:that her suggestion to shatter a Diamond led to all her friends being corrupted, and she regrets attempting to murder Steven in a fit of rage. At the wedding, she fights as hard as she can to protect her friends, but the real second chance comes when Steven sends a distress call to her, Greg and Lion from Homeworld. She repairs the Diamonds' ships with Lapis and Peridot's help, flies to Homeworld, and provides a much needed aerial assault against the Diamonds to save Steven, Connie, and the others]].
* NeverFoundTheBody: Her companions believed she disappeared at some point during the Gem War. [[spoiler: In reality, she was poofed and bubbled by Rose Quartz, who hid her gem away in Lion's PocketDimension.]]
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:While she has a point that Rose should have told the others about what happened to her, she ultimately refuses to take responsibility for attacking Rose and forcing her to poof her in self-defence in the first place, instead blaming Rose for "leaving her no choice" by refusing to use the Breaking Point. However, she accepts responsibility later.]]
* TheNicknamer: Referred to three other previously unmentioned Crystal Gems as Biggs, Crazy Lace, and Snowflake as shorthand for Biggs Jasper, Crazy Lace Agate and Snowflake Obsidian in her debut, and she later exclaims "Little Laramar" in horror when she sees Laramar's bubbled gemstone. She also affectionately calls Peridot "Tiny", and initially called Steven a "meatball".
* NonHumansLackAttributes: The only thing she wears on her top half is an apron, and like most Gems, shows no signs of having breasts. Her second form makes it even more obvious, as her top has no straps and a low neckline in the center.
* NoodleIncident: In the two-year timeskip between the end of the show and [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie the movie]], Bismuth's default outfit has changed, but there's no explanation for why.
* OddNameOut: Unlike all other known Gems who are named after gemstones, she's named after a metal, albeit one that can form into a highly-decorative crystal. Given how Bismuth forms this also gives her a unique Gem that sticks into her person in a square indent.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:She, Peridot and Lapis work together to repair the Diamonds' arm ships, ''and'' navigate them to Homeworld to help Steven!]]
* OneHitKill: Her secret weapon [[spoiler:originally developed for Rose]], "The Breaking Point", a diamond-sharp pointed piston that could purportedly shatter a Gem's gem in ''one blow''.
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: [[spoiler:She was one of the greatest followers of Rose's ideology that Gems could be more than just what Homeworld made them, but became consumed with revenge towards Homeworld's elite.]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: The purpose of [[spoiler:the Breaking Point. Her exact reasoning for making it was to match Homeworld's unfair tactics. She eventually realizes this would've merely escalated things ''further'' if she'd managed to shatter a Diamond.]]
* PileBunker: [[spoiler:"The Breaking Point" is a forearm-mounted one of these designed for the sole purpose of shattering [[HeartDrive the gems]] of enemies. Steven throws it into the lava in the hidden portion of Bismuth's forge to get rid of it.]]
* ThePowerOfFriendship: [[spoiler:Steven releases her to attend Garnet's wedding, and convinces her that the Crystal Gems trust him enough to forgive her. This allows her to attend Garnet's wedding, mend ties with her friends, and mount a rescue when Steven sends a distress call from Homeworld.]]
* ThePowerOfLegacy: [[spoiler:It's implied that Rose kept the fight between her and Bismuth a secret to prevent her memory from being tainted, although Bismuth ultimately saw this as even worse since it meant Rose lied about her fate to her friends. Bismuth herself does the same to preserve Rose's at first, though ultimately she reveals the truth to Steven.]]
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: She's prominently featured in the opening title as of ''Steven Universe: Future''.
* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler:Bismuth was the only Crystal Gem who chose to not travel to Homeworld with Steven and the Diamonds, since she still did not trust them. This turns out to be a smart move, since the Diamonds poofed ''all'' of the Crystal Gems when Steven accidentally angered them by fusing with Connie in front of them, and the entire group ends up imprisoned in either a bubble or a prison. This gives the imprisoned Steven a chance to send a distress call through a Watermelon Steven to Bismuth, knowing she is the only Gem not poofed, which ends up ultimately being a crucial step to the end of the entire war.]]
* PungeonMaster: Bismuth is very fond of making puns, [[CharacterCatchphrase most often using her own name in place of "business"]], but she enjoys giving Garnet more punch for her gauntlets and suggesting Pearl try a trident. Her last weapon, the Breaking Point, even ended up having shrewd word play.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:She remains on Earth rather than go with the Crystal Gems and the Diamonds to Homeworld, both out of still existing animosity towards the Diamonds, and needing to remain for when Peridot and Lapis finally reform. And to rebuild the house, hopefully.]]
* RememberTheNewGuy: Lampshaded by Amethyst, since her appearance in-episode is the first either she or Steven hears of her. [[spoiler:Justified, as Rose wanted the Crystal Gems to remember the warm, funny, and boisterous weaponsmith, [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope not the ruthless warlord she turned into]]. This later occurs to Peridot when she meets her in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honor"]].]]
* ReformedButRejected: [[spoiler:In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honor"]], she admits she was in the wrong but thinks the Crystal Gems won't take her back. Subverted, since they're overjoyed to see her.]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:She is so determined to pay Homeworld's elites back for their treatment of lower Gems that she insists on escalating the war with lethal force and disregards warnings that the Crystal Gems are more outnumbered and outgunned than ever. She threatens to take her weapon and attempt to shatter the Diamonds on her own if necessary. She eventually realizes her mistake.]]
* RipVanWinkle: She has been "out" for over 5,300 years, missing the end of the rebellion and subsequent peace.
* RottenRockAndRoll: Not so much as rotten so much as [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope morally-challenged]], but her electric guitar theme becomes much more ominous during the Breaking Point scene.
* RubberMan: She can stretch her limbs to aid in combat.
* RousingSpeech: In the movie her song essentially acts as a lyrical rousing speech in counterpoint to Steven's laments about how grim their situation is. Bismuth conveys to Steven some of the hope he inspired in her, noting that the Crystal Gems have always known hardship and betrayal, but as long as they have their backs they can still succeed. She also reminds him that the Crystal Gems have faced many trials and overcome them all, and thanks to Steven and his leadership they've only grown stronger and succeeded. She ends by concluding that's why she still has faith they can make it through this as well, and that she fully believes in the Crystal Gems and in him.
* SealedGoodInACan: Rose sealed her bubbled Gem in her space in Lion's mane for some reason. It turns out Rose [[spoiler:didn't approve of the Breaking Point, seeing it as a weapon that would've made the Crystal Gems [[HeWhoFightsMonsters no better than the Homeworld]]. Rose ended up poofing and sealing her away because the disagreement ended up turning physical, as Bismuth implied to Steven. It ended so badly that Rose apparently never told Garnet or Pearl what actually happened.]]
* ServantRace: Bismuths are a servant race on Homeworld, building what the "elite" Gems wanted them to build.
* ShadowArchetype: She represents what the Crystal Gems would have become if they sided with her beliefs over Rose's; if they still won the war against Homeworld, they would have been more cruel and merciless towards their enemies but also become more thoughtless that even Steven might become more like her: from destroying corrupted monsters, Lapis Lazuli, and possibly even Amethyst instead of trying to help them, to shattering Peridot without a thought of why she came to Earth.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: Bismuth is able to morph her limbs into any form she needs, such as hammers, blades, [[MundaneUtility badminton rackets, rolling pins]]... Combined with her extremely tough body, her limbs are as tough as any Gem weapon.
* ShipperOnDeck: When Bismuth learns that Garnet unfused over [[spoiler:learning the truth about Rose and Pink Diamond]], Bismuth is devastated, wailing that Garnet was her favorite couple. She then bursts into TearsOfJoy [[spoiler:at the wedding after hearing Ruby and Sapphire's vows and nearly misses her cue]].
* ShipTease: Given her affection towards [[spoiler:Biggs, and [[TheGlomp glomping]] her in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "Change Your Mind"]], it's possible that Bismuth and Biggs were more than fellow rebels]].
** Though this doesn't seem to go anywhere, because [[spoiler:''Future'' reveals that Bismuth has (and has always had) feelings for Pearl.]]
* SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler:While she's not exactly a ''traitor'', her first appearance fits this trope. She is introduced as a powerful new member of the Crystal Gems, and then she gets into an argument that causes her to attack Steven. In the end, she is poofed, bubbled, and placed with the corrupted Gems, returning things to the status quo. And then [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honor"]] happens, and she becomes an Eleventh-Hour Ranger (see above).]]
* SlasherSmile: Wears a pronounced grin/grimace and two bright, mirror-like circles for eyes during her first on-screen appearance, a result of the simplified design which helps make her appear far more violent and menacing. Interestingly, her mirror-like pupil-less eyes are very much like Lapis's eyes when her gem was cracked.
* SmallRoleBigImpact:
** Her poofing Lapis was only a small action in the Rebellion which she likely forgot about entirely, but it had a large effect on the future, shaping much of the story prior to her appearance.
** She told Steven that she made Rose's sword, and that Rose asked for it to only poof and not shatter Gems. This is what makes Steven suspicious when [[spoiler:Blue Diamond screamed that Rose Quartz shattered Pink Diamond with a sword, and more so when Defense Zircon pointed out all the holes in the story of the shattering. All the hints led to him concluding that someone else shattered Pink Diamond, and to TheReveal that Rose ''was'' Pink.]]
* SociopathicSoldier: [[spoiler:Her rage and vengeance towards the Diamonds saw her take on major elements of this as the war went on and she grew more extreme. Bismuth and Rose started to grow apart after she decided to actually [[KilledOffForReal permanently murder]] any enemies in her path with the Breaking Point weapon, which her pacifistic leader absolutely refused to use. This led to their inevitable battle, leading to Rose bubbling her away forever.]]
* StepfordSmiler: She may seem happy on the surface, but [[spoiler:she's a dark KnightTemplar disillusioned with Rose underneath]]. To a lesser extent, she wants [[spoiler:Pearl to love her back, but doesn't express it because she knows Pearl is happy now]].
* StraightForTheCommander: [[spoiler:Her desire was to shatter the Diamonds and the nobility to overthrow them. Rose refused to use the Breaking Point to do so, arguing it'd make them no different than Homeworld. Bismuth, feeling she had no choice, ''[[TheCoup went straight for her commander]]''.]]
* {{Stripperiffic}}: She doesn't wear a shirt in her first appearance, just an apron. It's not very sexy, though, since NonHumansLackAttributes.
* SuicideByCop: Is hinted to have attacked Rose, whose battle prowess she would have seen up close and personal, when they disagreed about using the Breaking Point. When Steven tries to talk her out of a fight with ''him'', she urges him to shatter her with her own weapon.
* SuperStrength: She can match Garnet in brute strength, blocking her fists and then swatting her aside with one of her hammer arms in a sparring match.
* SuperToughness: She can bathe in lava, and her shapeshifted limbs can clash evenly with Gem weapons. [[spoiler:It takes Rose's Sword to poof her.]]
* SurvivorsGuilt: [[spoiler:Bismuth's attack and apparent SuicideByCop attempt on Steven is implied to be because she feels guilty over not being able to save her friends in the war, saying that it would have been better if Rose had shattered her then.]]
* ThisExplainsSoMuch: After [[CatharticScream screaming her initial feelings out]], Bismuth realizes that [[spoiler:Rose Quartz being Pink Diamond all along]] explains everything about the war and their falling out.
* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:She was still a friendly, good-humored and well-intentioned Gem in her debut, but remained a very brutal KnightTemplar disillusioned with Rose under the surface. After she was unbubbled in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E22MadeOfHonor "Made of Honor"]] and learned about the Corrupted Gems and Rose Quartz being Pink Diamond the whole time, however, she was able to largely drop her extreme desire for vengeance and grudge with Rose and rejoined the Crystal Gems.]]
* TopHeavyGuy: Rare female example -- she has a huge, broad chest, wide shoulders and thick arms, and relatively short legs. A [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/steven-universe/images/2/29/Crewniverse_2015_Christmas_Card.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160805051330 concept design]] shows her with even bigger arms and skinny legs.
* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:While she's a vicious KnightTemplar who tried to kill Rose and Steven over a disagreement in tactics, she's the way she is because of her mistreatment as a member of a ServantRace, [[WarIsHell being twisted by the horrors of war]], and her own hatred of the upper-crust for what they've done.]]
* TrueCompanions: [[spoiler:Despite the issues she had with Rose, she deeply cares for all her Crystal Gem teammates, including the members that joined after she was imprisoned, including Amethyst, Peridot, and Lapis.]]
* UltimateBlacksmith: Due to being a Bismuth with a natural affinity for crafting, she became the Crystal Gems' weaponsmaster, arming the entire rebellion and doing so magnificently. Notably, [[spoiler:the sword she made for Rose can poof a Diamond, who are otherwise NighInvulnerable.]]
* UnscrupulousHero: [[spoiler:Like Homeworld, she is perfectly willing to shatter enemies, but is on the side of the Crystal Gems and does it for [[WellIntentionedExtremist a good purpose]].]]
* VeteranInstructor: Evolves into this for Lapis and Peridot. During the fight with the Diamonds she was the one calling for the gems to look alive when it was time to fight and save the hugs after they had won. Later it appears she's successfully formed the new recruits into a full blown squad complete with new outfits. As of the Steven Universe Movie she seems to have become the defacto leader of this second group. In a way this makes sense, since any lingering guilt from attacking Rose and the estrangement she feels for the time being bubbled might cause some distance from the other older gems that have raised Steven, but there is no such distance with the newbies...and someone has to show them how to be proper Crystal Gems!
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Is understandably horrified when she realized that she might have given Pink/Rose the idea to fake her shattering, and the corruption that followed.]]
* WalkingArmory: Instead of using a single summoned weapon, Bismuth prefers to shapeshift her arms into whatever weapon best fits the situation, effectively making her this.
* WalkingSpoiler: Bismuth was featured in [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil a Cartoon Network promo]] and ''Entertainment Weekly'' article about a month before her episode debut. Not only is she a Crystal Gem that hasn't been active in over five thousand years, but she's also the Gem who poofed Lapis, thus being indirectly responsible for Lapis's imprisonment and a huge chunk of her character arc, which also indirectly led to Homeworld learning about the Crystal Gems again. Bismuth walking around in the present is also a spoiler in and of itself. [[spoiler:TheReveal of her [[KnightTemplar true]] [[FallenHero nature]] brings with it even more spoilers.]] Then there's [[spoiler:her subsequent return and full Heel-Face Turn near the end of Season 5]].
* WelcomeBackTraitor: [[spoiler:Even after trying to kill Steven, Steven doesn't hold it against her, while Pearl, Sapphire and Ruby are just happy to have her back.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Just like the other Crystal Gems, Bismuth's goal is the liberation of lower-class Gems from the tyranny of the Diamonds. [[spoiler:The only problem is she's eager to use violence beyond what is necessary -- and attack her own allies if they try to stop her.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:To Rose Quartz. Bismuth adored her teachings (asserting a Gem's identity, governing their own destiny), and still does in many ways. To her, Rose's refusal to fight fire with fire against Homeworld was unforgivable, resulting in her attacking Rose in rage when Rose refused to use the Breaking Point and severing that relationship. The blacksmith really thought she mattered so little to Rose that she didn't even tell her closest friends about their fight after bubbling her away, and thought all the talk about "her being important" when they first met was all just a cruel lie.]]
* WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack: Invoked; she asks Steven [[spoiler:why the Crystal Gems would trust her after she nearly killed him. He responds that he forgives and trusts her, and if he does then the Gems will follow suit.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Being made to be a slave and treated like trash by the higher up Gems, along with the friends she lost, inspired a desire to violently overthrow them, attack Rose, and try to murder Steven.]]
* WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler:Admits that Steven is better than Rose after her defeat.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Has absolutely no problem with the idea of murdering Steven for rejecting her proposition. Granted, she thought Steven was just Rose trying to trick her, but her reasons for thinking were highly irrational.]]
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Steven feels he can never measure up to how great his mother was, but Bismuth tells he could be even better. [[spoiler:By seeking to put right her mistakes by telling the Gems the painful truth, Bismuth tells him that he already '''is''' better than she.]] She later seems to full-on view him as a SuperiorSuccessor to Rose.

!!Allies
[[folder:Greg Universe]]
!!Greg Universe
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/greg_pantscut.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' [[Radio/TheBestShow Tom Scharpling]]\\\
''"If every pork chop were perfect, we wouldn't have hot dogs."''

Greg Universe was a one man band. He didn't have much success, but seems happy enough in his simple life. Rose Quartz fell in love with him, and they had Steven together (though she had to give up her physical form for her son to be born, as only one living being can be attached to the gem at a time). While Steven lives at the temple with the Gems, Greg lives out of his van as a reminder of his prime and owns Beach City's car wash: It's A Wash. He loves his son dearly, and the two of them hang out quite often, sharing their musical talents.

''For his tropes, see his [[Characters/StevenUniverseGregUniverse page]].''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lion]]
!!Lion
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lionwipfin.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DeeBradleyBaker\\\
'''Steven:''' WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME YOU CAN DO THESE THINGS YOU DO?!\\
'''Lion:''' ''[no response because he's a lion]''

A mysterious, silent, magical pink lion that Steven found in the desert. After following him home and helping destroy a Gem that Amethyst had forgotten to bubble, he decided to stay.
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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Lion is obedient to Steven's commands... to a point. He ''is'' a cat.
* AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: He's as tame as a house cat, though it's justified since he's a magical being. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E17Lion2TheMovie "Lion 2: The Movie"]] suggests he has some connection to Rose Quartz, which would certainly justify him being friendly (and pink).
* AloofAlly: Lion is always there for Steven when he needs him, and as such, has saved him multiple times. When Steven is in no peril, he does whatever he wants and wanders off, much like a loving housecat.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Lion is pink.
* BadassAdorable: He may be a magical lion, but he's very docile, cuddly, fluffy and pink.
* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:Steven bringing Lars BackFromTheDead gave him very similar powers and appearance to Lion, strongly suggesting Lion was just an ordinary lion until Rose imbued him with Gem magic by resurrecting him.]]
* CastFromStamina: Very long-range (i.e. Earth to Moon) teleportation tires Lion out immensely.
* CatsAreLazy: Unless it's Gem-related, Lion will usually ignore Steven's attempts at treating him like a common pet.
* CharacterDevelopment:
** Has gradually become more willing to indulge Steven's silliness as the series goes on, even letting the boy store things in his mane. He also serves as a confidant for Steven's worries about his mother, and is usually there to provide clues about who she was, or to assist Steven when he needs it, [[spoiler:such as in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E27Escapism "Escapism"]] when Lion finds him in the body of a Watermelon Steven drifting out in the ocean, and takes him to Greg and Bismuth to relay a message for help]].
** He's also developed a ton of UndyingLoyalty towards Connie. This is shown primarily during Season 5; for example, [[spoiler:he sided with Connie during the argument in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E5DeweyWins "Dewey Wins"]] because [[EvenTheDogIsAshamed he was also furious at Steven]] for his HeroicSacrifice and his blasé attitude towards all the emotional anguish he caused everybody with it. During the resulting estrangement, while it was mainly done as a way to teach Steven a hard lesson for taking Connie and his other loved ones for granted, he also stayed with her in order to give her companionship and comfort during those long few weeks, and only returned to Steven after he acknowledged his mistake and apologized in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E10KevinParty "Kevin Party"]]. He also allowed Connie to use him as a steed during the battle against Blue Diamond in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24Reunited "Reunited"]] and when the Crystal Gems helped to evacuate the town from the catastrophic damage caused by Spinel and her Injector in the movie]].
** By the time of the movie, Lion has become incredibly loyal to both Steven and all of the Crystal Gems in general: tenderly greeting Steven and showing affection to him, especially after the final battle between him and Spinel, following Steven's instructions without question or need for bribery, and helping the Crystal Gems evacuate Beach City due to the damage caused by Spinel's Injector.
** In both the movie's climax and the epilogue series ''Future'', Lion's loyalty to both Steven & Connie appears to have become balanced, especially by the time of the latter's finale: In "I Am My Monster", [[spoiler:after Steven corrupts into a Gem Kaiju]], Lion once again teams up with Connie as they and the Crystal Gems band together to help him calm down and return to normal, and then after they succeed, Lion gives a remorseful Steven a warm, comforting lick, which allows his charge/master to finally let out his emotional baggage. In the final episode, "The Future", as Steven and Connie are discussing plans on how to meet during his country-wide road trip, they mention on Steven intends to rendezvous with her and Lion while she tours colleges, and then visit Lars in space via Lion's mane.
* ADogNamedDog: Lion in this case.
* EatingOptional: Lion will eat things, including tuna, Lion Lickers, and crystal lizards, but [[spoiler:Lars suddenly losing his appetite when he becomes like Lion]] suggests he may be like Amethyst, in that he can eat if he wants but doesn't need to. In an interview, one of the crew staff suggested Lion actually does need to eat, but very little and very rarely.
* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E5DeweyWins "Dewey Wins"]], [[spoiler:Lion's DisapprovingLook to Steven just before he leaves with Connie shows he's just as angry as she is for the former's HeroicSacrifice, especially when Steven innocently brushes off the anguish it caused everybody and insensitively ignores her feelings about it in order to avoid facing his own for the time being. He stays with Connie for a few weeks after that, presumably to give her comfort and companionship during her and Steven's estrangement, as well as to teach Steven a hard lesson about taking his loved ones for granted, and forgives and returns to him only after they reconcile in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E10KevinParty "Kevin Party"]]. Prior to the reconciliation, he also shoots more disapproving looks at Steven throughout the party when, rather than talk to and apologize to Connie right from the beginning, he purposely ignores her on Kevin's advice in order to force her to make the first move and come over to him to talk.]]
* ExtraDimensionalShortcut: [[spoiler:His PocketDimension is upgraded to act as one of these in Season 5 thanks to Lars being linked to it as well after Steven resurrects him. In the dimension it's just a short walk between the two entrances corresponding to Lion's mane and Lars's hair, even if they're ''galaxies'' apart in the outside world.]]
* {{Familiar}}: Lion isn't just loyal to Steven, he appears to be metaphysically linked to him (and Rose before him).
* FoodAsBribe: Steven eventually realizes that he can get Lion to do what he wants by feeding him Lion Lickers.
* FreeRangePets: Steven says Lion pretty much does his own thing when he isn't helping Steven with anything Gem related. Nobody in Beach City seems to bat an eye at a lion walking around town by itself. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E27Escapism "Escapism"]], Lion was walking on water in the middle of the ocean, miles away from Beach City, before finding Steven in a Watermelon Steven's body and bringing him to Greg.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Lion's eyes glow white sometimes, usually when making portals or summoning things from his hair.
* KidsPreferBoxes: A supplementary video shows Lion breaking a tiny box while trying to sit in it, and sliding across Steven's room into some larger boxes. It's an explicit parody of the Maru videos, complete with the same white-on-black text.
* KingOfBeasts: A lion that's somehow connected to Rose Quartz, the original leader of the Crystal Gems.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[http://soundcloud.com/aivisura/steven-universe-lions-theme Lion's Theme]]". It's meant to sound both cute and mysterious, and uses samples of noises made by cat toys.
* LockedIntoStrangeness: [[spoiler:Being resurrected by Rose Quartz most likely turned him pink, among other things.]]
* LongLived: The show's staff have stated Lion does age, but very slowly.%%podcast "Fantasy of Steven Universe"
* MightyRoar: His roars release sonic waves that can slice though stone and create portals. People hit by it are only knocked around.
* MundaneUtility: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E45RosesScabbard "Rose's Scabbard"]], Steven uses Lion's PocketDimension to store his things, such as a bike.
* MysteriousPast:
** It's implied Rose created him, but since she never told anyone it's not really clear why, although he seems to help guide Steven. She hid a bunch of things inside his PocketDimension, most importantly a tape to Steven and her sword. He'll respond to certain requests if they have some bearing on Steven's Gem powers (manifesting the sword, taking him to Rose's armory, etc.), though not much else.
** We get a small clue in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E3BuddysBook "Buddy's Book"]], where we see [[spoiler:that Rose Quartz had a pack of ordinary-looking lions as companions in the desert sometime during the founding of Beach City.]] However, the exact circumstances leading to the origin of Lion are still unknown.
** We finally get some answers in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E3OffColors "Off Colors"]] and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E4LarsHead "Lars' Head"]]. [[spoiler:When Lars is fatally injured in an explosion, he is brought back to life by Steven's tears, gaining a pinkish hue, and some very Lion-like powers, implying that Rose once mourned the death of an Earth lion, and brought it back to life as the superpowered Lion we know and love.]]
* NearlyNormalAnimal: Lion has some human-like facial (but not body) language and human-level intelligence -- he can completely understand human/Gem speech (even if he's rarely ''listening'') and [[StealthMentor takes deliberate efforts to help Steven's growth]]. However, Lion has no speech ability whatsoever, and behaves largely like a (domestic) cat.
* NotSoStoic:
** Lion gains WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises as a box he tries to sit in rapidly collapses underneath his feet. Something similar happens when Steven [[spoiler:pulls Bismuth out of Lion's pocket dimension.]]
** He's clearly enraged when battling against the Diamonds; instead of merely using his sonic attack he's snapping and roaring.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Lion is usually laid back and does his own thing, but becomes clingy to Steven in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E35Lion3StraightToVideo "Lion 3"]]. Turns out that Lion wanted to show Steven a home video Rose left for him in Lion's pocket dimension.
* PantheraAwesome: Sonic roars that can cut through stone and create portals, the ability to run on water and an expansive pocket dimension inside of his mane are just some of the things that make Lion so cool.
* PapaWolf: Whenever he's around Steven and there's danger, Lion ''will'' protect him. This is best exemplified in his debut episode, as well as [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E13SoManyBirthdays "So Many Birthdays"]], when Lion stumbles across a magically aged Steven and immediately brings him to the Gems so they can de-age him.
* PersonOfHolding: When Steven asks him for help against a Gem training robot, he manifests a rose-themed sword that Steven draws from his mane. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E35Lion3StraightToVideo "Lion 3: Straight to Video"]] reveals that Lion's mane is the door to a PocketDimension which contains a pink grassy field and a hill holding a tree, on which rests the sword from [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E17Lion2TheMovie "Lion 2: The Movie"]], a flag with a rose on it, a Mr. Universe t-shirt, a copy of the picture from [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E2LaserLightCannon "Laser Light Cannon"]], a mysterious chest, a bubbled gem [[spoiler:later revealed to be Bismuth]], and a VHS tape Rose left for Steven. It's later shown that Steven has started storing some of his own stuff in there, including his bicycle, as well as bottled water for long trips. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E20Lion4AlternateEnding "Lion 4: Alternate Ending"]] shows he can store stuff even ''without'' the PocketDimension, just by swallowing it.
* PocketDimension: His mane is a portal to a dimension that consists of a field of pink grass and one island, though not a breathable atmosphere. Steven and Rose Quartz before him are the only ones who can open it. [[spoiler:When Lars dies and is resurrected by Steven, his hair and Lion's mane are now connected, complete with their own respective trees. A short walk from one to the other in this alternate plane of existence brought Steven ''light-years'' across the cosmos from the Gem Homeworld to Earth.]]
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Because Lion was not introduced until the tenth episode and would have stuck out like a sore thumb among the other {{Early Bird Cameo}}s, he was not included in the first opening. The second one adds him to the picnic in the last scene.
* RaisingTheSteaks: [[spoiler:He's a lion that died and was resurrected as a semi-undead magical being.]]
* SilentSnarker: The closest he gets to showing emotion is when he rolls his eyes at Steven's antics.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Pearl finds his seeming disobedience rather annoying, and seems to resent him for being something Rose would keep secret from her.
* {{Sleepyhead}}: Usually when he isn't helping Steven, he's napping. Steven uses this as motivation in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E27ItCouldveBeenGreat "It Could've Been Great"]], saying that with no Earth there would be no more naps. Of course, [[TruthInTelevision real lions sleep for up to 20 hours a day]].
* TheSpeechless: He's an animal, magical or not, and cannot talk. The voice actor just makes sound effects with his mouth. Strangely, he stops even doing ''that'' from the fourth season onward.
* StealthMentor: Lion seems to want to teach Steven things, but can't talk to make his intentions known (and doesn't seem too concerned with being understood anyway). Most obviously in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E17Lion2TheMovie "Lion 2: The Movie"]], when he takes Steven (and Connie) to a temple that has training droids when Steven mentions he's not that well-trained at being a Crystal Gem.
* TheStoic: His expression barely ever changes. He ''is'' an animal, after all.
* TeamPet: For the Crystal Gems.
* ThinkingUpPortals: He can open portals by roaring.
* TouchedByVorlons: [[spoiler:At some point during Rose Quartz's life, he was a normal lion that died and was brought back to life.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He ''really'' likes "Lion Lickers".
* {{Tuckerization}}: "Lion" [[https://www.instagram.com/p/Btj1ExShOWe/ is also the name]] of Rebecca Sugar's [[DeathbringerTheAdorable pet cat]].
* UndyingLoyalty:
** Towards Steven, of course, but the fifth season seems to show him displaying just as much, if not ''more'' loyalty to Connie, to the point of him taking her side when she and Steven "break up" in the aftermath of the Wanted Arc (due to him sharing her anger at Steven for his surrender) and acting as her steed both in the battle that occurs in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited "Reunited"]] and in helping the Crystal Gems in the evacuation of Beach City and protection of it citizens from the effects of Spinel's Injector in the movie. By the time of the epilogue series, his loyalty to both of them appears to have become balanced, especially in the last two episodes:
** In "I Am My Monster", he once again allows Connie to use him as a steed as the two help the Crystal Gems calm and save [[spoiler:a corrupted Steven]], and then gives a restored Steven a comforting "welcome back" lick at the end, which allows him to finally release his long-held in emotional baggage.
** In "The Future", while Steven and Connie plan out his country-wide road trip, he allows her to use Lion to tour colleges, and plans to eventually meet up with her and visit Lars in space.
* UniformityException: In a flashback in "Buddy's Book", Rose is seen with a pack of lions. The one that's implied to be Lion is the only one with a heart-shaped nose.
* UpliftedAnimal: [[spoiler:Before Rose resurrected Lion, he was apparently a normal animal. His humanlike intelligence is presumably another side effect of his empowerment.]]
* VagueAge: Lion had some connection to Rose during her lifetime, which makes him some amount older than Steven. The staff have confirmed Lion is aging slowly, so depending on [[spoiler:how old he was when resurrected (regular lions reaching maturity in about three years)]], he may be little older than 19 or [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld much, much older]]. Steven himself points out the uncertainty, as his written description of Lion includes the line "old??"
* WalkOnWater: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E17Lion2TheMovie "Lion 2: The Movie"]] shows he can run on water. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E10KevinParty "Kevin Party"]] we see he doesn't need to run, and can just leisurely stand on it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pumpkin]]
!!Pumpkin
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pumpkin_by_theoffcolors.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ZachCallison

A pumpkin dog grown by Steven using his GreenThumb spit to cheer up Lapis and Peridot after they're saddened to learn that, unlike Gems, fruits don't walk around after being grown.
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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: A sentient four-legged pumpkin that barks, growls, and rolls in the dirt like a dog.
* AmbiguousGender: Referred to with male pronouns by Steven in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E8GemHarvest "Gem Harvest"]], but later referred to as female by Peridot in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E15TheNewCrystalGems "The New Crystal Gems"]]. This could be due to the latter's unfamiliarity with the concept of opposite genders, since all Gems use female pronouns. Then again, they're '''literally''' a fruit, so normal gender conventions probably don't apply to them.
* BabiesEverAfter: Pumpkin apparently had a BusCrash by the time of the movie, but in "The Future", the GrandFinale of ''Future'' and the series as a whole, as [[spoiler:Steven is leaving Beach City]], he passes by several gourds that are barking like Pumpkin, implying that she either managed to reproduce somehow or that Steven made more (or both).
* BerserkButton: Being a living pumpkin, she doesn't like seeing other pumpkins get carved up or turned into food. When she saw Steven carve up a pumpkin to make a Jack-o-lantern she ran to Lapis and Peridot for safety while growling at Steven and later freaks out when she sees him with a knife again. In the official comic series she destroyed several foods that had pumpkin as the main ingredient.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Is nowhere to be seen in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'' or ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture''. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/stevenuniverse/comments/dktgzb/su_movie_qa_is_pumpkin_ok/ During a Q&A,]] Joe Johnston heavily implied that [[BusCrash Pumpkin died of old age]] during the time between "Change Your Mind" and the movie, while Rebecca Sugar [[https://www.reddit.com/r/stevenuniverse/comments/dktgzb/su_movie_qa_is_pumpkin_ok/ claims she's still alive.]]
* {{Cephalothorax}}: Essentially the {{Planimal}} equivalent of PumpkinPerson, their body is a pumpkin that grew a face, four stubby limbs, and a leafy vine as "tail".
* ADogNamedDog: A pumpkin dog named Pumpkin.
* EmpathyPet: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E7RaisingTheBarn "Raising the Barn"]], after Lapis and Peridot decide to leave Earth due to the incoming threat of the Diamonds, Pumpkin runs away, not wanting to leave Earth. After finding Pumpkin, Peridot realizes that she herself has become more attached to Earth than even she realized, and doesn't want to leave it either.
* ExtremeOmnivore: She apparently tried to eat one of the figurines from the wedding cake the Gems bought. She also enjoys drinking soapy water from a bucket at Greg's carwash. Peridot approves, since at the time they were standing in for the main Crystal Gems (with Pumpkin acting as their Pearl) and Pearl likes soap.
* InUniverseNickname: Peridot calls her "Veggie Head" in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E8GemHarvest "Gem Harvest"]].
* NurtureOverNature: Though she starts off adoring Steven due to being made using Steven's GreenThumb spit, after watching Steven carve a pumpkin, she immediately leaps into Lapis's arms and growls angrily at Steven. Though she is shown to like him once again by [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E19RoomForRuby "Room For Ruby"]].
* {{Planimal}}: She's basically a pumpkin dog. Rebecca Sugar has said she gets all her nutrients from the sun.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: She instantly ingrains herself in the hearts of Lapis, Peridot, and Amethyst (and the audience) mere moments after meeting them.
* SignificantDoubleCasting: She has the same voice actor as Steven, who created her.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Invoked in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E15TheNewCrystalGems "The New Crystal Gems"]]. In an attempt to protect Beach City while the Crystal Gems are away, she, Lapis, Peridot, and Connie decide to mimic them. In this team, Pumpkin becomes the "new" Pearl, complete with a party hat as a makeshift nose.
* WeAreAsMayflies: Like the Watermelon Stevens, her lifespan was only a couple months, the same as a regular pumpkin.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: She gained a fear of knives after seeing Steven use one to carve up an ordinary pumpkin to make a jack-o-lantern.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cat Steven]]
!!Cat Steven
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cat_steven_adult.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here for her appearance as a kitten]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/catsteven.png[[/labelnote]]]]

A one-eyed cat adopted by Garnet when she and Steven were planning to take her litter-mates to the shelter.
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* CuteKitten: An adorable one-eyed kitten.
* EyeScream: She lost an eye, complete with scar through it, sometime during her life as a stray.
* FromStrayToPet: After making plans to take the homeless kittens to a safe shelter, Garnet decided to adopt one.
* GenderBlenderName: Cat Steven is a female cat, as calicoes almost always are, though that didn't stop Garnet from giving her a masculine name.
* HeadPet: She likes sleeping on Lion's mane.
* PunnyName: On Cat Steven'''s''', the StageName for the musician Yusuf Islam.
* ShoutOut: Her name is a shout out to Music/CatStevens.
* UncattyResemblance: She only has a left eye, which is blue, and Garnet's left eye is blue--and it's Sapphire's single eye.
* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Garnet adopts the kitten because Steven has grown independent and she "missed having someone cute and vulnerable to take care of", and so names the cat after him. Steven points out that would be [[OneSteveLimit confusing]], so Garnet uncreatively names her "Cat Steven".
[[/folder]]

* DropTheHammer: Can form her fist into a mallet, which she uses both for combat and blacksmithing.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Sapphire is an official relationship with [[FieryRedhead Ruby]].

* {{Foil}}: To each other. Ruby is hot-headed and emotional, and it's implied that she constantly hurts herself trying to get out of her cell in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E49JailBreak "Jail Break"]]. Sapphire is calm and collected and simply sings to calm Ruby down. They're also red and blue respectively. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E15KeystoneMotel "Keystone Motel"]] further exemplifies this; both are angry enough with Pearl that they're suffering from PowerIncontinence, but Sapphire is already prepared to forgive Pearl for tricking them, while Ruby is literally fuming with rage over it. The reason being that Ruby gets so emotional that she's essentially stuck in the present, only thinking about how mad she is rather than any actual solutions. Sapphire, on the other hand, focuses too much on the future where the problem has already been solved and didn't notice the emotional strain that exists before the actual resolution. It's practically taken up to eleven with the reveal that Ruby and Sapphire appear to have fire and ice themed powers, respectively. Even their designed places in the Gem caste system are opposites, Ruby is a RedShirt, Sapphire is a BlueBlood.

* MakeMeWannaShout: His roars release sonic waves that can slice though stone and create portals. People hit by it are only knocked around.

* PungeonMaster: Bismuth is very fond of making puns, [[CatchPhrase most often using her own name in place of "business"]], but she enjoys giving Garnet more punch for her gauntlets and suggesting Pearl try a trident. Her last weapon, the Breaking Point, even ended up having shrewd word play.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomScharpling\\\

[[caption-width-right:300:''"We'll find a way[softreturn]To save the day[softreturn]That's who we are!"'']]

''"We are powerful! We are important! We are the CRYSTAL GEMS!"''

* ThisExplainsSoMuch: After [[CatharticScream screaming her initial feelings out]], Bismuth realizes that [[[spoiler:Rose Quarts being Pink Diamond all along]] explains everything about the war and their falling out.

** Lion gains WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises as a box he tries to sit in rapidly collapses underneath his feet.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/UzoAduba ("Bismuth" to "Bismuth Casual"), Miriam Hyman ("Everything's Fine" to "The Future", ''VideoGame/UnleashTheLight'')\\\

->'''Voiced by:''' Tom Scharpling\\\

->'''Voiced by:''' Zach Callison

* ThisExplainsSoMuch: After [[CatharticScreaming screaming her initial feelings out]], Bismuth realizes that [[[spoiler:Rose Quarts being Pink Diamond all along]] explains everything about the war and their falling out.